When a doctor is in general practice, he or she treats sick people at a surgery or office, or visits them at home, and does not specialize in a particular type of medicine. In recent years, doctors have been trained specifically for general practice. General practice is also a noun. The sample was selected from the medical records of two general practices
When lawyers deal with all kinds of legal matters, rather than specializing in one kind of law, you can say they have a general practice or are in general practice