Having relation to the whole or an entirety; pertaining to all with-out exception; a term more extensive than “general,” which latter may admit of ex-ceptions. See Blair v. Howell, 68 Iowa, 619, 28 N. W. 199; Koen v. State, 35 Neb. 676, 53 N. W. 595. 17 L. R. A. 821
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)