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What is the ejusdem generis rule?
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Where a list of particular items, forming a category, is enumerated and is followed by a summary, or general concluding cause, this concluding cause is taken to refer only to things of the same kind as those specified
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What is the Noscutur a sociis rule?
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a thing known by its comparisons. (they must be interpretated by reference to their context)
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What is the Expressio unius est exclusio alterius rule?
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A statute referred to express reference to one thing excluding other things not similarly referred to) lands,houses and coal mines, the court held that lands other than coalmines did not fall within this definition
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