ah...the semicolon

Here's a blurb concerning a judicial interpretation of the Dodd Frank Act based upon the use of a semicolon:




Judge Altonaga ruled that the plain language of Section 1400(c), in
particular, the semicolon in the title, indicates that “Effective Date”
is not used as a subcategory of “Regulations.” Rather, the semicolon
“suspends the thought regarding regulations and begins a new thought