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Thefall014 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

What does "by way of illustration, and by way of limitation" mean?

It a common phrase in legal document

e.g.:

No student shall cheat on an examination. By way of illustration only, and not by way of limitation, the following are examples of conduct which constitutes cheating on an examination: (A) Attempting to give or receive, or actually giving or receiving, unauthorized assistance during an examination.

intellectual property shall mean any intellectual poperty rights pertaining to and subsisting in any country including but not by way of limitation any patents, trade marks or service marks, register designs, utility models,....

What do the words mean?
  

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Hello, thefall—and welcome to English Forums. By way of illustration only, and not by way of limitation = as examples that do not restrict the range of possible (types of cheating). i ncluding but not by way of limitation = as examples that do not restrict the range of possible (types of intellectual property).

  • Hello, thefall—and welcome to English Forums.
  • By way of illustration only, and not by way of limitation = as examples that do not restrict the range of possible (types of cheating).
  • i ncluding but not by way of limitation = as examples that do not restrict the range of possible (types of intellectual property).
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Hello, thefall—and welcome to English Forums.

By way of illustration only, and not by way of limitation = as examples that do not restrict the range of possible (types of cheating).

including but not by way of limitation = as examples that do not restrict the range of possible (types of intellectual property).

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