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general issue.See ISSUE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

general-intent crime.See CRIME. [Blacks Law 8th]

general intent.See INTENT(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

  general intangible.See INTANGIBLE. [Blacks Law 8th]

general instruction.See JURY INSTRUCTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

  general indorsement.See blank indorsement under INDORSEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

general improvement.See IMPROVEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

general imparlance.See IMPARLANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

  generalia specialibus non derogant (jen-<<schwa>>-ray-lee-<<schwa>> spesh-ee-ay-l<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>s non der-<<schwa>>-g<<schwa>>nt). [Latin “general things do not derogate from specific things”] The doctrine holding that general words in a later statute do not repeal an earlier statutory provision dealing with a special subject. • This principle illustrates the cautious approach that some courts have adopted in interpreting broad…

general hypothecation.See HYPOTHECATION. [Blacks Law 8th]