Generale
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. General; a general thing.
Generale nihil certum implicat
A general expression implies nothing certain.
2 Co. 34 b, Doddington's case.
A general recital in a deed has not the effect of an estoppel.
Best on Evid. 408, § 370.
Generale tantum valet in generalibus, quantum singulare in singulis. What is general is of as much force among general things, as what is particular is among things particular.
11 Co. 59 b, Foster's case.
Generale dictum generaliter est interpretandum. A general expression is to be interpreted generally.
8 Co. 116 a, Bonham's case.