Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expressio unius est exclusio alterius

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pres-sio u-nius est ex-clu-sio al-terius
IPA

51

Scrabble Score

33

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

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

Etymology

From Latin.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Questions

What does expressio unius est exclusio alterius mean?: A canon of construction holding that, when a legal document includes a list, anything not in that list is assumed to be purposely excluded.
Where does expressio unius est exclusio alterius come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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