Genus

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A kind; a class.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the civil law. A general class or division, comprising several species. In toto jure generi per speciem derogatur, et illud potissimum habetur quod ad speciem directum est, throughout the law, the species lakes from the genus, and that is most particularly regarded which refers to the species. Dig. 50, 17, 80. A man's lineage, or direct descondants. In logic, it is the first of the universal ideas, and is when the idea is so common that it extends to other ideas which are also universal; e. g., incorporeal hereditament is genus with respect to a rent, which is species. Woolley, Introd. Log. 45; 1 Mill, Log. 133.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In the civil law. A general class or division, comprising several species. In toto jure generi per speciem derogatur, et illud potissimum habetur quod ad speciem directum est, throughout the law, the species takes from the genus, and that is most particularly regarded which refers to the species. In logic, it is the first of the universal ideas, and is when the idea is so common that it extends to other ideas which are also universal; e. g., incorporeal hereditament is genus with respect to a rent, which is species. Woolley, Introd. Log. 45; 1 Mill, Log. 133.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Kind; class; nature. Used in the phrases alieni generis, ejusdem generis, in genere, sui generis, qq. v. See also General.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. A general word. 4 Co. 1Q a.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

denotes the number of beings or objects, which agree in certain general properties, common to them all, so that genus is in fact only an abstract idea, expressed by some general name or term; or rather a name or term, to signify what is called an abstract idea. Thus, goods is the generic name, and includes, generally, all personal property; but this word may be restrained, particularly in bequests, to such goods as are of the same kind as those previously enumerated. Vide 3 Ves. 311; 11 Ves. 657; 1 Eq. Cas. Ab. 201, pl. 14; 2 Ves. sen. 278, 280; Dig. 50,17, 80; Ib.