ejusdem generis Phrase
Meaning:
of the same kinds, class, or nature
Comment
From the canons of statutory interpretation. When a list of two or more specific descriptors is followed by more general descriptors, the otherwise wide meaning of the general descriptors must be restricted to the same class, if any, of the specific words that precede them.
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