Phrases related to: canon

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cañón antiaéreo	Pieza de artillería pesada para atacar o combatir aeronaves	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
carne de cañón	Tropa destinada a los puestos de mayor peligro.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
carne de cañón	Persona o grupo de personas que están expuestas a sufrir cualquier daño o sufrimiento.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
de retrocarga	Modo de carga de un arma de fuego. Se dice que un arma es de retrocarga cuando se carga por la parte posterior, y no por la boca del cañón.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
devil's advocate	A canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
ejusdem generis	A canon of construction holding that when a general term follows a list of particular terms, the general term only applies to things similar to the particular terms. For example, in the list "sun, moon, and other large objects", the phrase "other large objects" only includes celestial bodies, not houses and elephants.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
expressio unius est exclusio alterius	A canon of construction holding that, when a legal document includes a list, anything not in that list is assumed to be purposely excluded.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)