English Dictionary

noscitur a sociis

IPA（発音記号）

/nɒskiˈtuˑɹ ˌɑˑ ˌsɔkiːʔiˑs/

名詞

(law) A canon of construction under which the questionable meaning of a doubtful word can be derived from its association with other words.

日本語の意味

周囲の語句の意味から、疑義のある単語の意味を推定する法律上の解釈原則。 / 隣接または関連する単語の意味に基づいて、解釈が不明確な単語の意味を決定する法則。 / 同伴する単語の意味から、疑わしい単語の意味を導き出す方法論。

At the hearing, the judge applied noscitur a sociis to limit the statute's ambiguous term to contexts involving commercial transactions.

審理で裁判官は「同伴語から意味が知られる」という法理（疑わしい語の意味は周囲の語との関係から導かれる）を適用して、その法令の曖昧な語を商取引に関する文脈に限定した。

意味（1）

(law) A canon of construction under which the questionable meaning of a doubtful word can be derived from its association with other words.

Foster v Diphwys Casson (1887) 18 QBD 428, involved a statute which stated that explosives taken into a mine must be in a case or canister. Here the defendant used a cloth bag. The courts had to consider whether a cloth bag was within the definition. Under noscitur a sociis, it was held that the bag could not have been within the statutory definition, because parliament's intention was referring to a case or container of the same strength as a canister.