Multiple Choice
Match each Latin maxim to its meaning.
-Noscitur a sociis.
A) Where a list of things appears, it is logical to argue that the legislature specifically intended to exclude all other things - 'the expression of one thing is to the exclusion of others'. It will not apply when words like 'includes' or 'such as' appear in the list.
B) When general words follow a list of specific words, then the general words should be read according to the genus of the preceding specific words.
C) This rule means that a word is known by its associates and the meaning of a word is therefore to be determined by its surrounding words.
D) A word used in one Act can be given the same meaning in another, if the two Acts are dealing with the same matter.
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