Category: G

L. Fr. A cheat or deceiver. Applied in Britton to those who sold false orspurious things for good, as pewter for silver or laten for gold. Britt c. 15.

A turf, sod, or clod of earth. The soil or ground; cultivated land in general.Church land, (solum et dos ecclesice.) Spelman. See GLEBE.

The answer made by a prisoner, when arraigned, inanswer to the question, “How will you be tried?” In the ancient practice he had thechoice (as appears by the question) whether to submit

In medical jurisprudence. An inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, characterized or caused by an excess of uric acid in the blood; usually, but not invariably, occurring in

As to grand “Assize,” “Bill of Sale,” “Cape,” “Distress,” “Jury,” “Larceny,” and “Serjeanty,” see those titles.

The burden or gist of a charge; the grievance or injury specially complained of.In English ecclesiastical law. A grievance complained of by the clergy before thebishops in convocation.

In Spanish law. A guild; an association of workmen, artificers, or merchantsfollowing the same trade or business; designed to protect and further theinterests of their craft.

L. Fr. Largely, greatly. Grosscment enseint, big with child. Plowd. 76.

In old European law. A provision of necessary things. Spelman. A furnishing or garnishment.

The first of August, being the day of St. Peter ad Vinculo.

Such a measure of care, prudence, and assiduity as persons of unusual prudence and discretion exercise in regard to anyand all of their own affairs, or such as persons of ordinary prudence

writ of. A writ formerly issued in the real action of quare impcdit, when noappearance had been entered after the attachment; it commanded the sheriff todistrain the defendant’s lands and chattels in

The gross earnings of a business or company are the total receipts before deducting expenditures. Net earnings are the excess of the gross earnings over the expenditures defrayed in producing them, and

(1) One at which the officers to be elected are such as belong to the general government,

In maritime law. A contribution made by the owners of a ship, its cargo, and the freight, towards the loss sustained by the voluntary and necessary sacrifice of property for the common

Another name for a depositum or naked bailment, which is made only for the benefit of the bailor and is not a source of profit to the bailee. Foster v. Essex Bank,

In English law. The name of an instrument used for the transfer of a ship while she is at sea. An expression which is understood to refer to the instrument whereby a

A judicial writ in the old real actions, which issued for the demandant where the tenant, after being duly summoned, neglected to appear on the return of the writ, or to cast

A term used in the old ecclesiastical law to denote a period of forty days.

Lat. A stag or deer