"ejusdem generis" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

  1. En droit anglo-saxon, indique qu’une liste non limitative s’applique aussi aux choses similaires, mais pas plus.
    Sense id: fr-ejusdem_generis-en-noun-YBOHAN2x Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Lexique en anglais du droit Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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