The conservative justice is saying, with irony in the fire, that it serves him right for straying from strict construction.

President Bush and his right-wing supporters say they want "strict construction" of the law by judges.

But if the Court had adopted a strict construction of the confrontation clause, the little girl would not have been able to tell her story.

Another factor in the price rise is stricter construction and installation standards to make the buildings better able to withstand strong winds.

In politics he belonged to the Jeffersonian school of strict construction and states rights.

He dismissed any strict construction of timekeeping with a wave of the hand.

Mr. Huckaby said this strict construction of the law was likely to have a chilling effect on the press.

This applies when the words are so wide that on a strict construction they cover improbable and unlikely events.

The strict construction of the contract is thus not the conclusive factor.

"Do you want a strict construction of the word 'eve?' "