Generalia

Lat. {^\. oi generaU.) General things. Oeaeralia saat pir»poB«Bda •iafalariibB*. General things are to be put before particular things. Branch. Princ. o«b«ralia pn»ccdBBtf spccialia •c^anal Br. General things precede, special things follow. Id. Oeaeralia ■pcciallbn* bob derogaat. General things do not derogate from, or affect things special. Jenk, Cent, 120, case 41. Applied to a general statute passed after a special one. Id, ibid, GcBCiralia Tcrba SBaf yeaeraliter iatel* lifcada. General words are to be understood generally, or in a general sense. 3 Inst, 76.