Major-General
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In military law. An of Hcer next in rank above a brigadier general. He commands a division consisting of several brigades, or even an army. MAJOR HAEREDITAS VENIT UNICUIque nostrum a jure et legibus quam a parentibus. A greater Inheritance comes to every one of us from right and the laws than from parents.
2 Inst. 56.
MAJOR NUMERUS IN SE CONTINET minorem. The greater number contains In itself the less.
Bracton, 16.