In a recent oral argument exchange at the Supreme Court in ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Lucshare Ltd., counsel brought up a corpus linguistics article that discussed the statutory term at.
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But what exactly does it mean to be president-elect of the United States?
As a lawyer and philosopher who studies word meaning, I have researched the meaning and history of the term “president-elect” using publicly available resources like the Corpus of Historical American English – a searchable database of over 400 million words of historical American English text. I’ve also used Founders Online, which makes freely available many documents written by the nation’s founders.
“President-elect” is not a term that is legally defined in U.S. law. Rather, the term’s meaning has developed over time through its use by the public. Its use can be traced all the way back to George Washington.
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