1. A careful and literal reading of text, law, or document that adheres closely to the exact words and their established meanings, without adding implied or inferred meanings
The court applied a strict interpretation of the contract, focusing only on what was explicitly written.
O tribunal aplicou uma interpretação rigorosa do contrato, concentrando-se apenas no que estava explicitamente escrito.
2. In legal contexts, the principle of construing statutes and laws according to their literal meaning rather than expanding their scope through inference
Under a strict interpretation of the law, the defendant's actions were not technically illegal.
Sob uma interpretação rigorosa da lei, as ações do réu não eram tecnicamente ilegais.