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ejusdem generis (eh-youse-dem generous) adj. Latin for "of the same kind," used to interpret loosely written statutes. Where a law lists specific classes of persons or things and then refers to them in general, the general statements only apply to the same kind of persons or things specifically listed. Example: if a law refers to automobiles, trucks, tractors, motorcycles and other motor-powered vehicles, "vehicles" would not include airplanes, since the list was of land-based transportation. EJUSDEM GENERIS. Of the same kind.
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It did not, for example, directly apply the rule of ejusdem generis to narrow the broad language "any other self-propelled vehicle" to the class or kind of ground-based vehicles enumerated by the statute. Examples include expressio unius est exclusio alterius (the expression of one thing suggests the exclusion of others); noscitur a sociis (a word or phrase is given meaning by its context or setting); and ejusdem generis (where a general term follows a series of specific terms, the general term is interpreted to include only things of the same kind, class, character, or nature as those specifically enumerated). This is usually described as the ejusdem generis doctrine. |
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