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 General Funk.Generalis’simo (g soft). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
General Issue
 
is pleading “Not guilty” to a criminal charge; “Never indebted” to a charge of debt; the issue formed by a general denial of the plaintiff’s charge.   1
 


 General Funk.Generalis’simo (g soft). 

 
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