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Ex Uno Omnes

means from the one instance deduced you may infer the nature of the rest. A general inference from a particular example. If one oak-tree bears acorns, all other oak-trees will grow similar fruit.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ewe-lamb (A)
Ex Cathedra (Latin)
Ex Hypothesi
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Ex Post Facto (Latin)
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Examiners (Public)
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