Category: G

Formerly an officer belonging to the royal household. Jacob.

A state of wardship.

An instrument for decapitation, used in France for the infliction of thedeath penalty on convicted criminals, consisting, essentially, of a heavy and weightedknife-blade moving perpendicularly between grooved posts, which is made to

The gain or profit of tilled or planted land, raised by cultivating it; and thedraught, plow, and furniture for carrying on the work of tillage by the baser kind ofsoke men or

The time when the bounds of the parish are lustrated or gone over bythe parish officers,

L. Fr. A warren; a privileged place for keeping animals.

A gauge or gauging; a measure of the contents of any vessel.

Chiefs of the several orders of monks, friars, and other religious societies.

Bearing. Gerens datum, bearing date. 1 Ld. Raym. 336; Hob. 19.

In Saxon law. A tax or tribute. Spelman.A fine, mulct, or amerciament; a satisfaction or compensation for an injury.A fraternity, society, or company of persons combined together, under certain regulations,and with the

A term used in St 1 Jac.I. c. 7, for wandering rogues or vagrants.

A hollow between two mountains; a valley or glen. Co. Litt 56.

A wear, pool, or pit of water. Termes de la Ley.

(Gneco- Lat.) In the civil law. A place for keeping writings or records. Dig. 48, 19, 9, 6.

Freely; gratuitously; without reward or consideration.

In French law. Registrars, or clerks of the courts. They are officialsattached to the courts to assist the judges in their duties. They keep the minutes, writeout the judgments, orders, and other

Great; culpable. General. Absolute or entire. A thing in gross exists in itsown right, and not as an appendage to another thing.As to gross “Adventure,” “Average,” “Earnings,” “Fault,” “Negligence,” and “Weight,” see

A guardian is a person lawfully invested with the power, and charged with the duty, of taking care of the person and managing the property and rights of another person, who, for

In criminal law. That quality which imparts criminality to a motive or act, andrenders the person amenable to punishment by the law.That disposition to violate the law which has manifested itself by

Tillage, or the profit arising from it, or from the beasts employed therein.