| 单词 |
eiusdem generis |
| 释义 |
‖ eiusdem generis, adj. phr. Chiefly Law.|eɪˈʊsdɛm ˈdʒɛnərɪs|
Also ejus-.
[L.]
Of the same kind. Freq. const. with.
1663S. Butler Hudibras i. i. 65 A just comparison still is, Of things ejusdem generis. 1696J. Sergeant Method to Sci. III. vii. 321 Comparisons can only be made of those Natures which are ejusdem generis. 1821C. Abbott in Barnewall & Alderson's Reports (1822) V. 164 These general words are, indeed, restrained in construction to perils ejusdem generis with those more particularly enumerated in the policy. 1886Athenæum 23 Jan. 136/3 The reward given to the patentee and the copyright of an author or painter are constantly associated in thought, and even treated of by writers, as if ejusdem generis. 1964Mod. Law Rev. XXVIII. 282 It cannot mean that it should be interpreted otherwise than in reference to matters ejusdem generis as those in previous clauses. 1987Daily Tel. 10 Aug. 13/6 ‘Other records’..had to be construed eiusdem generis with ‘ledgers, day books, cash books and account books’ and unsorted bundles of cheques and paying-in slips were not ‘other records’ within the meaning of the Act. |
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