ejusdem generis

短语

[法] 同类的, 同样性质的

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    A canon of construction holding that when a general term follows a list of particular terms, the general term only applies to things similar to the particular terms. For example, in the list "sun, moon, and other large objects", the phrase "other large objects" only includes celestial bodies, not houses and elephants.

    法律

    I would submit to the court that in order to determine the legislature's intent of the final phrase we need to apply the interpretive maxim of ejusdem generis to the sentence that contains the sequence.

词源

From Latin ejusdem generis ("of the same kind").

来源：wiktionary