Landmark case · Interpretation of Statutes · Semester 4

Lilavati Bai v. State of Bombay

AIR 1957 SC 521 · Supreme Court of India

General words following specific ones are confined to things of the same genus (ejusdem generis) unless the statute shows a wider intent.

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Noscitur a sociis and ejusdem generis — Unit II, Interpretation of Statutes.

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