DESIGNATIO PERSONAE

designatio  personae  (dez-<<schwa>>g-nay-shee-oh  p<<schwa>>r-soh-nee).  [Law  Latin]

Designation of the person by class or category rather than by name, as “the children of A.” • This

phrase  was  used  to  specifically  identify  a  person  in  a  contract  or  deed,  often  as  a  word  of

limitation (e.g., “to my eldest son”). Cf. DESCRIPTIO PERSONAE. [Blacks Law 8th]