Plain Meaning
Definition divergence happens when the law gives a term a limited meaning, but enforcement applies that term more broadly than the statute or regulation allows.
Common A.B.E. Flagged Terms
Driver
May be treated as universal even when the governing context is commercial or regulated activity.
Motor Vehicle
May be expanded from a statutory context into every private automobile use.
Commerce
May be collapsed into mere movement, even where no commercial activity exists.
Transportation
May be detached from the statutory context that gives it legal meaning.
Example Translation
Technical: Low definition integrity.
Plain language: The uploaded facts suggest the person may have been treated as if they were operating in a regulated commercial capacity, even though the facts describe private non-commercial movement.
Plain language: The uploaded facts suggest the person may have been treated as if they were operating in a regulated commercial capacity, even though the facts describe private non-commercial movement.