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    Ejusdem Generis is a Latin term meaning "of the same kind and nature". The Supreme Court defined it as a situation where general words that follow specific words in a statutory list are understood to only include objects similar to those specifically enumerated. Ejusdem Generis limits general or broad language to things of the same type as what was initially stated.

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    Ejusdem Generis is a Latin term meaning "of the same kind and nature". The Supreme Court defined it as a situation where general words that follow specific words in a statutory list are understood to only include objects similar to those specifically enumerated. Ejusdem Generis limits general or broad language to things of the same type as what was initially stated.

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    Ejusdem Generis is a Latin term meaning "of the same kind and nature". The Supreme Court defined it as a situation where general words that follow specific words in a statutory list are understood to only include objects similar to those specifically enumerated. Ejusdem Generis limits general or broad language to things of the same type as what was initially stated.

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    ‘Ejusdem Generis’ is a Latin term and the meaning of it is “of the same kind

    and nature”.
    In Circuit City Stores Inc., v. Adams, 532 U.S. 105 (2001), the Supreme
    Court of US defined ejusdem generis as a situation in which "general
    words follow specific words in a statutory enumeration, the general words
    are construed to embrace only objects similar in nature to those objects
    enumerated by the preceding specific words."

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