English Explanatory Dictionary

expressio unius est exclusio alterius

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. A canon of construction holding that, when a legal document includes a list, anything not in that list is assumed to be purposely excluded.

Word forms

expressio unius est exclusio alterius

Etymology

From Latin.

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