> What if... a law stated :"storing an apple is the right of any citizen
> in town."
>
> reasonnable people might have at home an apple or some pounds of them.

The same in UK law about red traffic lights.  It a specific offence to 
cross the line on the road next to a traffic light if it is showing red. 
  But there is no specific definition of "cross", eg what if you were 
half over it as the red light came on, what if you drove around the side 
of it (to avoid physically crossing the line), what if you are crossing 
the line on red to allow an emergency vehicle to continue on its way, 
does rolling the front two wheels over the line count, etc.

It would be a big waste of time (and almost impossible) to write every 
single law in enough detail to cover every single possibility.  In 
fringe cases the court is there to interpret and enforce what it 
considers the purpose/intention of the law.

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