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GEBOCCED

An Anglo-Saxon term, meaning “conveyed.”

GEBOCIAN

In Saxon law. To convey; to transfer hoc land, (book-land or land heldby charter.) The grantor was said to gebo- cidn the alienee. See 1 Reeve. Eng. Law, 10.

GEBURSCRIPT

In old English law. Neighborhood or adjoining district. Cowell.

GELD

In Saxon law. Money or tribute. A mulct, compensation, value, price. Angcldwas the single value of a thing; twigcld, double value, etc. So, wc.regcld was the valueof a man slain ; orfgcld,

GELDABLE

Liable to pay geld; liable to be taxed. Kelham.

GENEATH

In Saxon law. A villeiu, or agricultural tenant, (villunus villicus;) a hind orfarmer, (firmarius rusticus.) Spelman.

GENER

Lat. In the civil law. A son- in-law ; a daughter’s husband. (Filia: vir.) Dig. 38, 10, 4, 0.

GENERAL

Pertaining to, or designating, the genus or class, as distinguished fromthat which characterizes the spccics or individual. Universal, not particularized; as opposedto special. Principal or central; as opposed to local. Open or

GENERALE

The usual commons In a religious house, distinguished from pietan- tiw,which on extraordinary occasions were allowed beyond the commons. Cowell.Generale dictum generaliter est inter- pretandum. A general expression is to beinterpreted generally.

GENERATIO

The issue or offspring of a mother-monastery. Cowell.

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

GENS

Lat. In Roman law. A tribe or clan; a group of families, connected by commondescent and bearing the same name, being all free-born aud of free ancestors,and in possession of full civic

GENTES

Lat. People. Contra omnes gentes, against all people. Bract, fol. 376.Words used in the clause of warranty In old deeds.

GENTILES

In Roman law. The members of a gens or common tribe.

GENTLEMAN

In English law. A person of superior birth.Under the denomination of “gentlemen” ar

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