In the civil law. A general class or dlvision, comprising several species. In toto jure generi per speciem derogatnr, et illud potisaimum habetur quod ad speciem directum eat, throughout the law, the species takes from the genus, and that is most par-ticularly regarded which refers to the species. Dig. 50, 17, 80
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
