Category: G

In medical jurlsprud-ence. A venereal disease, characterized by a purulent inflammation of the urethra

In Hindu law. An agent; a steward; a confidential factor; a representative

A mlne. Blount A slnk or passage for water. Cowell

A mulct or flne In gold

In various compound phrases (as those which follow) thls term lmplies elther motlon, progress, active operation, or present and continuous validlty and efficacy

An ecclesiastical or church flne paid for crimes and offenses committed against God. Cowell

That which is offered to God or his service. Jacob

YN. A hollow between two mountains; a valley or glen. Co. Lltt. 5b

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It was an ancient custom on a maiden assize, when there was no offender to be tried, for the sheriff to present the judge with a pair of white gloves. It is an immemorial custom to remove the glove from the right hand on taking oath, wharton

In the civil law. A commentator or annotator. A term applied to the professors and teachers of the Roman law in the twelfth century, at the head of whom was Irnerius. Mackeld. Rom. Law, S 90

The

An lnterpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an annotation, explanation, or comment on any passage in the text of a work, for pur-poses of elucidation or amplification. Par-ticularly applled to the comments on the Corpus Juris

Commissioners appointed to determine differences between scholars ln a school or university and the townsmen of the place. Jacob

Turfs dug out of the grouud. Cowell

In ecclesiastical law. The

In Saxon law. A frater-ulty

A turf, sod, or clod of earth. The soil or ground; cultivated land in gen-eral. Church land, (solum et dos ecclesi#.) Spelman. See Glebe

Villein-socmen, who could not be removed from the land while they did the service due. Bract, c. 7; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 269

A hand dart Cowell

The gathering of grain aft-er reapers, or of grain left ungathered by reapers. Held not to be a right at common law. 1 H. Bl. 51

In the clvll law. Acorns or nuts of the oak or other trees. In a larger sense, all fruits of trees

A term used In St. 1 Jac

A sword, lance, or horseman’s staff, one of tbe weapons allowed ln a trlal by combat

A ceremony anciently performed In England by serjeants at law at the time of their appointment. The rlngs were inscribed with a motto, generally ln Latin

A little sword or dagger; a kind of sedge. Mat. Paris

A donor; he who makes a glft

In Saxon law. A pledge. Fred-gisle, a pledge of peace. Qislebert, an lllus-trious pledge

In pleadlng. The essential ground or object of the actlon in point of law, with-ont which there would be no cause of action. Gould, Pl. c. 4, S 12; Hathaway v. Rlce, 19 Vt. 102

1. To transfer or yleld to, or be-stow upon, another, one of the operatlve words in deeds of conveyance of real property, importing at common law, a warranty or covenant for qulet enjoyment durlng the lifetime of the grantor. Mack v. Patchin, 29 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 23; Young v. Hargrave, 7 ohio, 69, pt […]

L. Fr. To lie. Gist en le bouche, lt lies in the mouth. Le action bien gist, the action well lies. Qisant, lying

An agister; a person who takes cattle to graze

In old

L. Fr. Agistment; cattle taken in to graze at a certain price; also the money received for grazing cattle

In Saxon aud old English law. A measure of length, equal to one yard, de-iived from the girth or circumference of a man’s body

L. Fr. A cheat or deceiver. Applied ln Britton to those who sold false or spurious things for good, as pewter for sil-ver or laten for gold. Britt c. 15

In old English law. Tax-able, tributary, or contributory; liable to pay tax or tribute. Cowell; Blount

A gild mer-ebant, or merchant gild; a gild, corporation, or company of merchants. 10 Coke, 30

In Saxon law. A tax or tribute. Spelman

A gallows; the post on which malefactors are hanged, or on which their bodies are exposed. It differs from a common gallows, in that it consists of one perpendicular post, from the top of which pro-ceeds one arm, except it be a double gibbet, which is formed in the shape of the Roman capital T. […]

A voluntary conveyance of land, or transfer of goods, from one person to an-other. made gratuitously, and not upon auy consideration of blood or money. 2 Bl. Comm. 440 ; 2 Steph. Comm. 102; 2 Kent, Comm. 437. And see Ingram v. Colgan, 106 Cal. 113, 38 Pac. 315, 28 L. R. A. 187, 40 […]

The stream of water to a mill. Mon. Angl. tom. 3

In Saxon and old Eng-iish law. The giving of evidence

In Saxon law. Deeds or charters; writings. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 10

In old Scotch law. Gaolers. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 2, p. 234

In Saxon law. The ancient convention of the people to decide a cause

In medical jurisprudence. The time during which a female, who has conceived, carries the embryo or foetus in her uterus.

In the civil law. Behavior or conduct

In old English law. Ex-pense; reward; compensation; wealth. It ls also used for a flne or compensation for an offense. 2 Mon. Angl. 973

A name given to the process of dividing a stnte or other territory into the authorized civil or political divl-sions, but with such a geographical arrange-ment as to accomplish a sinister or unlawful purpose, as, for instance, to secure a majority for a given political party in districts where the result would be otherwise if […]