The usual commons in a religious house, distinguished from pietantiat, which on extraordinary occasions were allowed beyond the commons. Cowell. Generale dictum generaliter est interpretandum. A general expression is to be interpreted generally. 8 Coke, 116a. Generale nihil certi implicat. A general expression implies nothing certain. 2 Coke, 34b. A general recital in a deed has not the effect of an estoppel. Best, Ev. p. 408,