GRACE, DAYS OF
Time of indulgence granted to an acceptor or maker for the paymentof his bill of exchange or note. It was originally a gratuitous favor, (hence thename,) but custom has rendered it a
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Time of indulgence granted to an acceptor or maker for the paymentof his bill of exchange or note. It was originally a gratuitous favor, (hence thename,) but custom has rendered it a
A farm furnished with barns, granaries, stables, and all conveniences for husbandry. Co. Litt. 5a.
Grievous; great. Ad grave damnum, to the grievous damage. 11 Coke, 40.
In English law. A customary fine due from a copyhold tenant onthe death of the lord. 1 Strange, 654; 1 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 615,
A custom or tribute paid for tbe standing of shipping in port. Jacob.
A traveler who lodges at an inn or tavern with the consent of the keeper.Bac. Abr. “Inns,” C, 5; 8 Coke, 32; Mc- Daniels v. Robinson, 20 Vt. 310, 02 Am. Dec.574;
The diminutive of a sewer. Callis, Sew. (80,) 100. In modern law, an open ditch or conduit designed to allow the passage of water from one point to another in a certain
A rent; a tax. Domesday; Du Cange. The gable-end of a house. Cowell.
A cock-shoot, or cock-glade.
In old Lombardic law. A gift; a free or absolute gift; a gift of tbe whole of a thing. Spelman.
In old English law. An amerciament or fine. Cowell.
In old English law. Neighborhood or adjoining district. Cowell.
In Roman law. The members of a gens or common tribe.
In medical jurisprudence. The time during which a female, who has conceived, carriesthe embryo or foetus in her uterus.
An agister; a person who takes cattle to graze.
In Saxon law. A fraternity.
In various compound phrases (as those which follow) this term implieseither motion, progress, active operation, or present and continuous validity and efficacy.
In old English law. By degrees or steps ; step by step; from one degree to another. Bract, fol. 64.
A keeper of a grange or farm.
A graf; a chief magistrate or officer. A term derived from the moreancient “grafio,” and used in combination with various other words, as an oflicial title inGermany; as Margravius, Rheingravius, Landgravius, etc.