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

Lat. Gentleman; a gentleman. Spelman.

A degree of consanguinity. Spelman.

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

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

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

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

One who holds a post at court to usher others to the presence, etc.

A woman of birth above the common, or equal to that of a gentleman; an addition of a woman’s state or degree.

See HINDU LAW.

As applied to notes, bonds, and other written instruments, this termmeans that they are truly what they purport to be, and that they are not false, forged,fictitious, simulated, spurious, or counterfeit. Baldwin

In the civil law. A general class or division, comprising several species. Intoto jure generi per speciem derogatur, et illud potissimum habetur quod ad speciemdirectum est, throughout the law, the species takes

In old New York law. A court messenger or constable. O’Callaghan, New Neth. 322.

In Saxon law. Greve, reve, or reeve; a ministerial officer of high antiquityin England; answering to the grave or graf (gra/io) of the early continental nations. Theterm was applied to various grades

Bearing. Gerens datum, bearing date. 1 Ld. Raym. 336; Hob. 19.

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

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

In the civil law. An institution or hospital for taking care of the old. Cod. 1, 3, 46, 1; Calvin.

A name given to the process of dividing a state or other territoryinto the authorized civil or political divisions, but with such a geographical arrangementas to accomplish a sinister or unlawful purpose,

In old English law. Finable; liable to be amerced at the discretion of the lord of a manor. Cowell.