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Ejusdem generis – "of the same kinds, class, or nature" [68] Expressio unius est exclusio alterius – "the express mention of one thing excludes all others" [69] Noscitur a sociis – "a word is known by its associates" [70] In pari materia – "upon the same matter or subject" Common, technical, legal, or trade definition. [71]
ejusdem generis: of the same class Known as a "canon of construction", it states that when a limited list of specific things also includes a more general class, that the scope of that more general class shall be limited to other items more like the specific items in the list. eo nomine: by that name erga omnes: towards all
ejusdem generis: of the same kinds, class, or nature: From the canons of statutory interpretation in law. When more general descriptors follow a list of many specific descriptors, the otherwise wide meaning of the general descriptors is interpreted as restricted to the same class, if any, of the preceding specific descriptors. eluceat omnibus lux
This case is a good example of the canon of ejusdem generis ("of the same kind, class, or nature"). See also. List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 283;
Section 92(10)(a) and (b) grants federal jurisdiction over modes of interprovincial and international transportation and communication, leaving intraprovincial transportation and communication to the provinces. The legal interpretation ejusdem generis limits the scope of the exceptions to subsection 92(10). The declaratory power conferred to ...
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The United States Supreme Court uses it in the context of sovereign immunity. In Alden v.Maine Justice Souter, for the dissent, wrote that according to natural law a sovereign, like a state, could not be sued in its own court based on a right it created, "A state would be subject to a suit eo nomine in its own courts on a federal claim."
[13]: 667 Using the ejusdem generis statutory interpretation rule, the Fifth Circuit reasoned that "well site leaders" did not have the same "common attribute" as vessel captains, engineers, and pilots (individuals who were involved in the "marine operations, maintenance, or navigation of the vessel"). [13]