Nomen

Lat.

In the civil law. A name; the name, style or designation of a person. Properly, the name showing to what yens or tribe he belonged, as distinguished from his own individual name, (the prceno-men,) from his surname or family name, (cognomen,) and from any name added by way of a descriptive title, (agnomen.) The name or style of a class or genus of persons or objects. A debt or a debtor. Ainsworth; Calvin.

— Nomen collectivum. A collective name or term; a term expressive of a class; a term including several of the same kind ; a term expressive of the plural, as well as singular, number.

— Nomeu generate. A general name; the name of a genus. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 19, § 1.

— Nomen generalissimum. A name of the most general kind ; a name or term of the most general meaning. By the name of "land," which is nomen generalissimum, everything terrestrial will pass. 2 Bl. Comm. 19; 3 Bl. Comm. 172.

— Nomen juris. A name of the law ; a technical legal term.

— Nomen transeriptitinm. See Nomina Transcriptitia.