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  • Suave mari magno turbantibus aequora ventis e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem.

    Latin Quotations | Impact Lab 2007

  • A canon of statutory interpretation is "expressio unius est exclusio alterius" the expression of one thing is the exclusion of another.

    Today's news: Obama wins the Presidency! Ann Althouse 2009

  • Even so, it would specifically violate the Tenth, as well as the principle that expressio unius est exclusio alterius.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Cool Forthcoming Article: 2009

  • Even so, it would specifically violate the Tenth, as well as the principle that expressio unius est exclusio alterius.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Cool Forthcoming Article: 2009

  • (The Latin term for this interpretive rule is expressio unius est exclusio alterius.)

    Breaking: Reid Will Force An All-Night Filibuster On Iraq 2009

  • Sed nec inter tantos repertus est vel unus, qui, tanquam vecors ant timidus, sive post tergum alterius declinans, seipsum a tanta caede praetendit excusare.

    The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

  • On the question on dominion, or possession, of property, Marchia accepted the pope's assertion that, even in the state of nature before the fall, Adam had dominion over the things he used, but Marchia denied that this type of dominion had much at all in common with post-lapsarian dominion: they are alterius generis, differing like violent and natural, like corruptible and incorruptible

    Francis of Marchia Schabel, Christopher 2008

  • Neutrius se fortunae extremum libenter experturam dixit: sed si necessitas alterius subinde imponeretur, optare se difficilem et adversam: quod in hac nulli unquam defuit solatium, in altera multis consilium, &c. Lod.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Animal infectum Cusino, ut quis legere vel scribere possit sine alterius ope luminis.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Neque enim tam actio, aut recordatio rerum hujusmodi displicet, sed iis vel gestus alterius Imaginationi adumbrare, vehementer molestum.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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