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Enumeratio unius est exclusio alterius

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The enumeration of one amounts to the exclusion of the other.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The specification of one thing ls the exclusion of a different thing. A maxim more generally expressed in the form "expressio unius est exclusio alterius," (q. v.)