MAJOR GENERAL

In military law. An officer next in rank above a brigadier general, and next below a lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or an army corps. Major hæreditas venit unicuique nos- trum a jure et legibus quam a parenti- bus. 2 Inst. 56. A greater inheritance comes to every one of us from right and the laws than from parents. Major numerus in se continet mi- norem. Bract. fol. 16. The greater number contains in itself the less.

In military Inw. An officer next in rank above a brig:dier 748.

- A military officer next in rank above a brigadier general. He commands a division and sometimes even an army. Major hæreditas venit unicuique nostrum a jure et legibus quam a parentibus (2 Inst. 56): A greater inheritance comes to every one of us from right and the laws than from parents. Major numerus in se continet minorem (Bract. 16): The greater number contains in itself the less. Majus dignum trahit ad se minus dignum (Co. Litt. 43): The more worthy draws to itself the less worthy.

. An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.

A military officer in the armies of most nations, typically ranking below a lieutenant general and above a brigadier.