Use and Interpretation Sample Clauses

Use and Interpretation. 6.1 Information from student questionnaires represents only the views of the students responding to the questionnaire and does not, in and of itself, constitute an evaluation of teaching performance. 6.2 A Faculty member may submit to the appropriate academic administrators his or her written comments regarding information from student questionnaires for courses he or she has taught. 6.3 Any person or committee reviewing teaching performance of a Faculty member shall consider these written comments provided by the Faculty member when reviewing information from student questionnaires. 6.4 Information from individual student questionnaires shall be considered in relation to comparative data only for the individual’s Faculty, summarised according to clause 4 above. 6.5 Information from student questionnaires must not be interpreted rigidly, it being understood that such information may only serve as an indication of the Faculty member’s teaching performance when: a) a pattern emerges over a period of at least three years; and, b) other relevant information does not contradict that pattern. 6.6.1 In interpreting the results of student questionnaires, in particular in comparing results within a Department or Faculty, proper consideration must be given to relevant contextual variables. 6.6.2 Such contextual variables include, but are not limited to: a) whether the course is introductory or advanced; b) whether the course is compulsory, optional, or offered as a service course; c) the size of the course enrolment; d) the nature of the course material; e) the nature of course delivery; f) whether the course is being taught as overload; g) the number of years the instructor has taught the course; and h) the number of new courses assigned to him or her in a particular year.
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Use and Interpretation. Information from student questionnaires represents only the views of the students responding to the questionnaire and does not, in and of itself, constitute an evaluation of teaching performance.
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Use and Interpretation. The following rules shall be used to interpret this Agreement, except where the context requires a different approach. (i) References to a particular gender include all genders; (ii) Singular includes the plural and plural includes singular; (iii) A reference to a Person must also be understood to include the Person’s successors and assignees which are allowed under any agreement, instrument, contract or other document; (iv) “Including” must be understood as “including but not limited to” except where the text of this Agreement expressly shows that [the meaning] is restricted; (v) Reference to applicable Laws or legal provisions includes all applicable laws or legal provisions added, extended, consolidated, modified or replaced from time to time and to any order, regulation, instrument or other provision constituted by virtue of the same; (vi) References to this Agreement shall be interpreted as references to this Agreement including its Annexes or any other document which modifies or replaces the same from time to time; (vii) The headings included within this Agreement have been incorporated for convenience and shall not be considered as forming part of the same, nor shall they limit, define or describe the scope of terms and provisions within the same; (viii) All accounting terms which are not specifically defined within this Agreement must be interpreted in accordance with the Laws which are applicable to the respective Party; (ix) All references to days included within this Agreement must be understood as calendar days, unless it is expressly indicated that the reference is to Working Days; and (x) The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the case of any ambiguity or doubt in relation to the intention or interpretation of any Clause, Section, Paragraph, Appendix or Annex to this Agreement, these shall be interpreted as if they had been drafted jointly by the Parties and no assumption or burden of proof shall be used to favor or disadvantage any of the Parties by virtue of the authorship of the provisions of this Agreement.
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  • Construction and Interpretation Should any provision of this Agreement require judicial interpretation, the parties hereto agree that the court interpreting or construing the same shall not apply a presumption that the terms hereof shall be more strictly construed against one party by reason of the rule of construction that a document is to be more strictly construed against the party that itself, or through its agent, prepared the same, and it is expressly agreed and acknowledged that Company and Executive and each of his and its representatives, legal and otherwise, have participated in the preparation hereof.

  • Definition and Interpretation 1.1 Except as otherwise defined in the terms or context hereof, the following terms in this Agreement shall have the following meanings:

  • Definitions and Interpretation 1.1 In this Agreement:

  • Definitions and Interpretations The terms "specifically approved at least annually," "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities," "assignment," "affiliated person," and "interested person," when used in this Agreement, shall have the respective meanings specified, and shall be construed in a manner consistent with, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Any question of interpretation of any term or provision of this Agreement having a counterpart in or otherwise derived from a term or provision of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Securities Act of 1933, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (collectively, the "Federal Securities Acts") shall be resolved by reference to such term or provision of the Federal Securities Acts and to interpretations thereof, if any, by United States federal courts or, in the absence of any controlling decisions of any such court, by rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Where the effect of a requirement of the Federal Securities Acts reflected in any provision of this Agreement is revised by rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such provisions shall be deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule or regulation.

  • Captions and Interpretation The captions used in this Agreement are for convenience only. They do not affect the meaning of the paragraphs in this Agreement.

  • Defined Terms and Interpretation 1.1 In this Agreement, save where the context requires otherwise, the following words, terms and expressions shall have the following meanings:

  • Conflicts and Interpretation In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall control. In the event of any ambiguity in this Agreement, any term which is not defined in this Agreement, or any matters as to which this Agreement is silent, the Plan shall govern including, without limitation, the provisions thereof pursuant to which the Committee has the power, among others, to (a) interpret the Plan, (b) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and (c) make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

  • Headings and Interpretation Headings and sub-headings in this Agreement are inserted for reference and convenience only and shall not be deemed part of this Agreement. Wherever the fulfillment of the intent and purpose of this Agreement requires and the context will permit, the use of the masculine gender includes the feminine and use of the singular includes the plural.

  • Clarifications and Interpretations It may be determined that clarifications or interpretations of the Contract Documents are necessary. Upon direction by the ODR such clarifications or interpretations will be provided by the A/E consistent with the intent of the Contract Documents. The A/E will issue these clarifications with reasonable promptness to the Contractor as Architect’s Supplemental Instruction (ASI) or similar instrument. If Contractor believes that such clarification or interpretation justifies an adjustment in the Contract Sum or the Contract Time, the Contractor shall so notify the Owner in accordance with the provisions of Article 11.

  • Administration and Interpretation Any question or dispute regarding the administration or interpretation of the Notice, the Plan or this Agreement shall be submitted by the Grantee or by the Company to the Committee. The resolution of such question or dispute by the Committee shall be final and binding on all persons.

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