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comprehended from accompanying words perceived from accompanying words realized from accompanying words recognized from accompanying words understood from accompanying words	Three well-known maxims are particularly relevant: ejusdem generis, noscitur a sociis, and expressio unius est exclusio alterius. Anticipating litigation in contract design by Scott, Robert E.; Triantis, George G. / Yale Law Journal The court relied on the maxim noscitur a sociis (a word is known by the company it keeps) to conclude that "the nine verbs accompanying 'harm' all involve a substantially direct application of force, which the [FWS's] concept of forbidden habitat modification altogether lacks. The take prohibition in section 9 of the Endangered Species Act: ... by Balster, Michael / Environmental Law 1963) (ejusdem generis refers to construing statutory enumerations by viewing an enumeration as "of the same kind of species;" such being a specific application of the broader noscitur a sociis, "which means that general and specific words which are capable of an analogous meaning being associated together take color from each other, so that the general words are restricted to a sense analogous to the less general. Legal developments impacting repeat battery offenders: Warren and the ... by Bauer, Michael J. / Florida Bar Journal	nonuniformity nonuse nonutilization nonviolence nonworker norm norma normal normalcy normality normalize normally normalness normative Norris, George William Norris-Laguardia Act North American Free Trade Agreement North Atlantic Treaty Organization North carolina North Pacific Fisheries Convention, 1952 Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention, 1949 Northwest Ordinance Norton, Eleanor Holmes noscere noscitare noscitur a sociis Nosocomi not abide not abiding not able not able to be conveyed not absolute not abundant not accept not accepting not accidental not according to law not admissible not admit not admitted not agree not agreeing not alien not allowed not allowed by law not answerable not apocryphal not applicable not approve not argued over not ascertained	NOS1 NOS2 NOS3 NOSA NOSAC NOSAD NOSAHL Nosaka Sanzo NOSAMS NOSAR NOSAS NOSB NOSBR NOSC NOSC Navy Architecture Group NOSC Wideband NOSC-D NoSCA noscapine noscapine noscapine NOSCAR noscere NOSCINST noscitare noscitur a sociis NOSCP NOSD NOSDCP NOSDRA nose nose nose nose nose nose Nose (horseracing) nose about nose about or around Nose and Centre Fuselage Nose and Oral Protection Only Nose around Nose around Nose bit Nose bleed Nose bleed Nose bleed Nose bleeding Nose bleeding Nose bone Nose bone Nose bone nose candy nose candy nose cone nose cone

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Three well-known maxims are particularly relevant: ejusdem generis, noscitur a sociis, and expressio unius est exclusio alterius.

Anticipating litigation in contract design by Scott, Robert E.; Triantis, George G. / Yale Law Journal

The court relied on the maxim noscitur a sociis (a word is known by the company it keeps) to conclude that "the nine verbs accompanying 'harm' all involve a substantially direct application of force, which the [FWS's] concept of forbidden habitat modification altogether lacks.

The take prohibition in section 9 of the Endangered Species Act: ... by Balster, Michael / Environmental Law

1963) (ejusdem generis refers to construing statutory enumerations by viewing an enumeration as "of the same kind of species;" such being a specific application of the broader noscitur a sociis, "which means that general and specific words which are capable of an analogous meaning being associated together take color from each other, so that the general words are restricted to a sense analogous to the less general.

Legal developments impacting repeat battery offenders: Warren and the ... by Bauer, Michael J. / Florida Bar Journal