Nomen generalissimum
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A name of the most general kind ; a name or term of the most general meaning. By the name of "land," which is nomen generalissimum, everything terrestrial will pass. 2 Bl. Comm. 19; 3 Bl. Comm. 172.
Defined under Nomen in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A name of the most general kind; a name or term of the most general meaning. By the name of “land,” which is nomen generalissimwum, everything terrestrial will pass. 2 Bl. Comm. 19; 3 Bl. Comm, 172. Women non sufficit, si res non sit de jure-aut de facto. A name it not sufficient if there be not a thing [or subject for it] de jure or de facto. 4 Coke, 1078. Nomina mutabilia sunt, res autem immobiles. Names are mutable, but things” are immovable, [immutable.] A name may be true or false, or may change, but the thing itself always maintains its identity. 6 Coke, 66. Nomina si neseis perit cognitio rerum; et nomina si perdas, certe distinctio rerum perditur. Co. Litt. 86, If you know not the names of things, the knowledge of things themselves perishes; and, if you lose the names, the distinction of the things is certainly lost. Nomina sunt note rerum. 11 Coke, 20. Names are the notes of things. Nomina sunt symbola rerum. Godb. Names are the symbols of things.