General

That which comprehends all, from special, which signifies something purpose. General act: an act of the whole community. General agent: a his principal to execute all deeds, sign goods, required in a particular trade, General average: a contribution made of a ship or cargo, towards the loss their number, whose property has been common safety. General character: person is held in the community where those qualities of mind or morals habit, and distinguishing him from ages: such damages as necessarily plained of, and which may be shown general allegation of damages at the eral demnrrer: a demurrer framed in ing specifically the nature of the resorted to where the objection is to eral issue: a short general plea, in allegations contained in the plaintiff's and concluding with a tender of issue. iary legacy, payable out of the general eral lien: the right which the bailee possession of it from the owner, until the particular article, or some labor, incurred or laid out upon or in relation may be due ou general account in the eral occupant: at common law, where vie, or had an estate granted to himself his heirs), for the life of another man, during the life of cestuy que vie, or him that could first enter on the land might so long as cestuy que vie lived, by right termed a general or common occupant. partnership in which the parties carry ness, whatever it may be, for the joint parties concerned, whether the capital contributions thereto be equal or employed as a general carrier. General to the whole community, or concerning tinguished from a private or special ordinary verdict delivered orally by a they find generally "for the plaintiff," the whole, as distinguished designed for a particular legislature which regards the person who is authorized by all contracts, or purchase all business, or employment. by the proprietors in general sustained by any individual of voluntarily sacrificed for the the estimation in which a he lives as to any or all of impressed on him by nature or other persons. General damresult from the injury comunder the ad damnum, or end of the declaration. Gengeneral terms, without showobjection, and which is usually matter of substance. Genactions at law, denying the declaration, in summary terms, General legacy: a pecunassets of a testator. Genof a chattel has to retain payment is made not only for service or expense performed, to it, but of any balance that same line of business. Gena man was tenant per auter only (without mentioning and died without alienation by whose life it was held, he lawfully retain the possession, of occupancy, and was hence General partnership: a on all their trade and busibenefit and profit of all the stock be limited or not, or the unequal. General ship: a ship statute: a st Evtute relating all persons generally, as disstatuta General verdict: the jury in civil actions, in which or "for the defendant," and In American law. General land ofltce: a department of the government under the supervision of an officer called the commissioner of the general land ofi Bce, having charge of the surveying and selling of the public lands, and the issuing of patents for all grants under the authority of the government