@boxo@anarchism.space you are going to hate this answer but: yes. it could mean either the purpose or the subject, depending on context

of course, legalese is... kind of its own distinct dialect with different rules. so if you are looking at the law itself, it gets even more complicated because you have to then look at what that meaning is in that specific context, which is basically what lawyers do.

what's the larger context? i can probably suss out things a bit more with that (but i am not a lawyer, etc.)