Practical Law ANZ Glossary w-005-5210 (Approx. 2 pages)
Glossary
Generalia specialibus non derogant
A Latin term literally meaning "things general do not derogate from things special".
This is a common law principle for construing legislation which holds that a syntactical presumption may be made that where there is a conflict between a general and a specific provision, the specific provision will prevail. Other common syntactical presumptions are ejusdem generis and expressio unius est exclusio alterius.