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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

The ordinary meaning of the word "same" is "identical;" "identical in substance or numerically;" "of one nature, degree or amount."

248 111.

166. "The same" generally refers to the next preceding antecedent. Co. Litt. 20b, 385b; 26 Bea. 160; but the word "same" may grammatically refer to more than one antecedent.

45 L. J. Ch. 216; 1 Ch. D. 605.