masculin

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
MASCULINE. That which belongs to the male sex.
     2. The masculine sometimes includes the feminine, vide an example under 
the article Man, and see also the articles Gender, Worthiest of blood; Poth. 
Intr. au titre 16, des Testamens et Donations Testamentaires, n. 170; Ayl, 
Pand. 57; 4 C. & P. 216; S. C. 19 E. C. L. R. 551 3 Fred. Code, pr. 1, b. 1, 
t. 4, s. 3; 3 Brev. R. 9. 
    

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