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EJUSDEM GENERIS

Of the same kind, class, or nature.
In statutory construction, the “ejusdem generis rule” is that where general words follow an enumeration of persons or things, by words of a particular and specific meaning, such general words are not to be construed in their widest extent, but are to be held as applying only to persons or things of the same general kind or class as those specifically mentioned. Black, Interp. Laws, 141; Cutshaw v. Denver, 19 Colo. App. 341, 75 Pac. 22; Ex parte Iceland, 1 Nott & McC. (S. C.) 462; Spalding v. People, 172 111. 40, 49 N. E. 993.

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