Category: G

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

A species of challenge for cause, being an objection to a particular juror, to the effect that the juror is disqualified from serving in any case. Pen. Code Cal.

A charge or instruction by the court to the jury upon the case as a whole, or upon its general features or characteristics.

Charity, in its widest sense, denotes all the good affections men ought to bear towards each other; in a restricted and common sense, relief of the poor. Morice v.

Gratuitous contracts are those of which the object is the benefit of the person with whom it is made, without any profit or advantage received or promised as a consideration for it.

One stating in a general way the plaintiff’s claim. Wertheim v. Casualty Co., 72 Vt. 320. 47 Atl. 1071

The grant of authority to administer upon the entire estate of a decedent, without restriction or limitation, whether under the intestate laws or with the will annexed. Clemens v. Walker, 10 Ala.

In maritime law. A loan on bottomry. So named because the lender, in case of a loss, or expense incurred for the common safety, must contribute to the gross or general average.

Poor rate. In English law.A tax levied by parochial authorities for the relief of the poor.