Specialia Generalibus Derogant
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Special words derogate from general words. A special provision as to a particular subject matter is to be preferred to general language, which might have governed in the absence of such special provision. L. E. 1 C. P. 546.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Special worths derogate from general words. A special provision as to a particniar subject-matter is to be preferred to general language, which might have governed in the absence of such special provision. In R. 1 C. P/ 546.