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GERMEN TERR

Lat A sprout of the earth. A young tree, so called.

GILDA MERCATORIA

A gild merchant, or merchaut gild; a gild, corporation, orcompany of merchants. 10 Coke, 30.

GLASS-MEN

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

GLYN

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

GOOLE

In old English law. A breach in a bank or sea wall, or a passage worn by theflux and reflux of the sea. St. If! & 17 Car. II. c. 11.

GRAINAGE

An ancient duty in London under which the twentieth part of salt imported by aliens was taken.

GRANTOR

The person by whom a grant is made.

GREAT

As used in various compound legal terms, this word generally means extraordinary,that is, exceeding the common or ordinary measure or standard, in respectto physical size, or importance, dignity, etc. See Gulf, etc.,

GRETNA GREEN MARRIAGE

A marriage celebrated at Gretna, iu Dumfries, (bordering on the county of Cumberland,)iu Scotland. By the law of Scotland a valid marriage may be contracted by consentalone, without any other formality. When

GROWING CROP

A crop must be considered and treated as a growing crop fromthe time the seed is deposited in the ground, as at that time the seed loses the qualitiesof a chattel, and

GUEST

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;

GUTTER

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

GAINOR

In old English law. A soke- man; one who occupied or cultivated arablelaud. Old Nat. Brev. fol. 12.

GANTELOPE

(pronounced “gauntlett.”) A military punishment, in which the criminalrunning between the ranks receives a lash from each man. Enc. Lond. This was called”running the gauntlett.”

GARNISH

n. In English law. Money paid by a prisoner to his fellow-prisoners on his entrance into prison.

GAVELKIND

A species of socage tenure common in Kent, in England, where thelands descend to all the sous, or heirs of the nearest degree, together; may bedisposed of by will; do not escheat

GENERATION

May mean either a de gree of removal in computing descents, or asingle succession of living beings in natural descent. McMillan v. School Committee, 107N. C. 609, 12 S. E. 330, 10

GERONTOCOMI

In the civil law. Officers appointed to manage hospitals for the aged poor.

GILDO

In Saxon law. Members of a gild or decennary. Oftener spelled “con- gildo.”Du Cange; Spelman.

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