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Particular

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

This term, as used in law, la almost always opposed to "general," and means either individual, local, partial, special or belonging to a single person, place or thing.

Particular statement. This term, in use in Pennsylvania, denotes a statement which a plaintiff may be required to file, exhibiting in detail the items of his claim, (or its nature, lf single,) with the dates and sums. It is a species of declaration, but ls informal and not required to be methodical. Dixon v. Sturgeon. 6 Serg. & R. (Pat) 28.

Particular tenant. The tenant of a particular estate. 2 Bl. Comm. 274. See Estate. As to particular "Average," "Custom," "Estate," "Lien," "Malice," and "Partnership," sce those tities.