Pars Pro Toto
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Part for the whole; the name of a part used to represent the whole; as the roof for the house, ten spears for ten armed men, etc. PARS RATIONABiLIS (Lat. reasonable part). That part of a man's goods which the law gave to his wife and children. 2 Bl. Comm. 492; Magna Charta; 9 Hen. III. c. 18; 2 Steph. Comm. 228, 254.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A part for the whole.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Part for the whole; the name of a part used to represent the whole; as the roof for the house, ten spears for ten armed men, etc.
Defined under Pars in Black's Law Dictionary.