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(verb) - In old English law. To pawn or pledge; to give as security for a payment or performance; to wage or wager.(noun) - In old English law. A pawn or pledge; something deposited as security for the performance of some act or the payment of money, and to be forfeited on failure or non-performance. Glanv. lib. 10, c. 6; Britt c. 27. A mortgage is a dead-gage or pledge; for, … [Read more...] about GAGE

A scaffold; a beam laid over either one or two posts, from which malefactors are hanged. … [Read more...] about GALLOWS

In old English law. When he who has distrained, being sued, has not delivered the cattle distrained, then he shall not only avow the distress, but gager deliverance, i.e., put in surety or pledge that he will deliver them. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. … [Read more...] about GAGER DE DELIVERANCE

In old European law. A stroke or blow. Spelman. … [Read more...] about GAMACTA

Wager of law. … [Read more...] about GAGER DEL LEY