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Ejusdem Generis is a canon of statutory construction that provides that when general words follow specific words in a list, the general words are construed to embrace only objects similar in nature to those objects enumerated by the preceding specific words. The rule is meant to give effect to both the specific and general terms used, by treating the specific words as indicating a class and the general words as encompassing all items within that class. The presumption is that if the legislature intended the

Author

Loury Luzadio

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