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| GABEL | | . A tax, imposition, or duty. This word is said ... |
| GAGE | | contracts. Personal property placed by a debtor in possession of his ... |
| GAGER DEL LEY | | . Wager of law. (q. v.)
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| GAIN | | . The word is used as synonymous with profits. (q. ... |
| GAINAGE | | old Eng. law. It signifies the draft oxen, horses, wain, plough, ... |
| GALLON | | measures. A gallon is a liquid measure, containing two hundred and ... |
| GALLOWS | | . An erection on which to bang criminals condemned to death. ... |
| GAME | | . Birds and beasts of a wild-nature, obtained by fowling ... |
| GAMING | | . A contract between two or more persons by which ... |
| GAMING HOUSES | | crim. law. Houses kept for the purpose of pemitting persons to ... |
| GANANCIAL | | Spanish law. A term which in Spanish signifies nearly the same ... |
| GAOL | | . A prison or building designated by law or used ... |
| GAOL-DELIVERY | | Eng. law. To insure the trial, within a certain time, of ... |
| GAOLER | | . The keeper of a gaol or prison, one who ... |
| GARDEN | | . A piece of ground appropriated to raising plants and flowers. ... |
| GARNISH | | Eng. law. Money paid by a prisoner to his fellow prisoners ... |
| GARNISHEE | | practice. A person who has money or property in his possession, ... |
| GARNISHMENT | | . A warning to any one for his appearance, in ... |
| GAUGER | | . An officer appointed to examine all tuns, pipes, hogsheads, barrels, ... |
| GAVEL | | . A tax, imposition or tribute; the same as gabel. ... |
| GAVELKIND | | . Given to all the kindred, or the hold or ... |
| GELD | | old Eng. law. It signifies a fine or compensation for ... |
| GEMOTE | | . An assembly. Wittena gemote, during the time of the Saxons ... |
| GENDER | | . That which designates the sexes.
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| GENEALOGY | | . The summary history or table of a house or ... |
| GENER | | . A son-in-law. Dig. 50, 16, 156.
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| GENERAL | | . This word has several meanings, namely: 1. A principal officer, ... |
| GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | . This name is given in some of the states ... |
| GENERAL IMPARLANCE | | pleading. One granted upon a prayer, in which the defendant reserves ... |
| GENERAL ISSUE | | pleading. A plea which traverses or denies at once the whole ... |
| GENERAL LAND OFFICE | | . One of the departments of government of the United St ... |
| GENERAL SHIP | | . One which is employed by the master or owners, ... |
| GENERAL SPECIAL IMPARLANCE | | pleading. One in which the defendant reserves to himself " all ... |
| GENERAL TRAVERSE | | pleading. One preceded by a general inducement, and denying, in general ... |
| GENS | | . A word used by the Romans to represent race ... |
| GENTLEMAN | | . In the English law, according to Sir Edward Coke, ... |
| GENTLEWOMAN | | . This word is unknown to the law in the ... |
| GENUS | | . It denotes the number of beings, or objects, which ... |
| GEORGIA | | . The name of one of the original states of ... |
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| GERMAN | | relations, germanus. Whole or entire, as respects genealogy or descent; thus, ... |
| GERONTOCOMI | | civil law.. Officers appointed to manage hospitals for poor old persons. ... |
| GESTATION | | med. jur. The time during which a female, who has conceived, ... |
| GIFT | | conveyancing. A voluntary conveyance; that is, a conveyance not founded on ... |
| GIFT | | contracts. The act by which the owner of a thing, voluntarily ... |
| GIFT INTER | | Vivos. A gift made from one or more persons, without any ... |
| GIFTOMAN | | Swedish law. He who has a right to dispose of ... |
| GILL | | . A measure of capacity, equal to one-fourth of a ... |
| GIRANTEM | | mer. law. An Italian word,, which signifies the drawer. It is ... |
| GIRTH | | ., A girth or yard is a measure of length. ... |
| GIST | | pleading. Gist of the action is the essential ground or object ... |
| GIVER | | contracts. He who makes a gift. (q. v.) By his ... |
| GIVING IN PAYMENT | | . This term is used in Louisiana; it signifies that a ... |
| GIVING TIME | | contracts. Any agreement by which a creditor gives his debtor a ... |
| GLADIUS | | . In our old Latin authors, and in the Norman ... |
| GLEANING | | . The act of gathering such grain in a field ... |
| GLEBE | | eccl. law. The land which belongs to a church. It ... |
| GLOSS | | . Interpretation, comment, explanation, or remark, intended to illustrate the text ... |
| GLOSSATOR | | . A commentator or annotator of the Roman law. One ... |
| GLOUCESTER, STATUTE OF | | . An English statute, passed 6 Edw. I., A. D., 1278; ... |
| GO WITHOUT DAY | | . These words have a technical sense. When a party is ... |
| GOD | | . From the Saxon god, good. The source of all ... |
| GOD AND MY COUNTRY | | . When a prisoner is arraigned, he is asked, How will ... |
| GOD B0TE | | eccl. law. An ecclesiastical or church fine imposed upon an. offender ... |
| GOING WITNESS | | . One who is going out of the jurisdiction of ... |
| GOLD | | . A metal used in making money, or coin. It ... |
| GOOD AND LAWFUL MEN | | probi et legales homines. The law requires that those who serve ... |
| GOOD BEHAVIOUR | | . Conduct authorized by law. Surety of good behaviour may be ... |
| GOOD CONSIDERATION | | contracts. A good consideration is one which flows from kindred or ... |
| GOOD WILL | | . By this term is meant the benefit which arises ... |
| GOODS | | property. For some purposes this term includes money, valuable securities, and ... |
| GOODS SOLD AND DELIVERED | | . This phrase is frequently used in actions of assumpsit, and ... |
| GOUT | | med. jur. contracts. An inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts ... |
| GOVERNMENT | | natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised ... |
| GOVERNOR | | . The title of the executive magistrate in each state and ... |
| GRACE | | . That which a person is not entitled to by ... |
| GRADUS | | . This is a Latin word, literally signifying a step; figuratively ... |
| GRAFFER | | . This word is a corruption of the French word ... |
| GRAFT | | . A figurative term in chancery practice, to designate the right ... |
| GRAIN | | weight. The twenty-fourth part of a pennyweight.
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| GRAIN | | corn. It signifies wheat, rye, barley, or other corn sown in ... |
| GRAINAGE | | Eng. law. The name of an ancient duty collected in London, ... |
| GRAMME | | . A French weight. The gramme is the weight of ... |
| GRAND | | . An epithet frequently used to denote that the thing. ... |
| GRAND BILL OF SALE | | Eng. law. The name of an instrument used for the transfer ... |
| GRAND COUTUMIER | | . Two collections of laws bore this title. The one, also ... |
| GRAND JURY | | practice. A body of men, consisting of not less than twelve ... |
| GRANDCHILDREN | | domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim ... |
| GRANDFATHER | | domestic relations. The father of one's father or mother. The father's ... |
| GRANDMOTHER | | domestic relations. The mother of one's father or mother. The father's ... |
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