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GRENVILLE ACT

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The statute 10 Geo. III. c. 16, by which the jurisdiction over parliamentary election petitions was transferred from the whole house of commons to select committees Repealed by 9 Geo. IV. c. 22. II. … [Read more...]

GREE

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Satisfaction for an offense committed or injury done. Cowell. … [Read more...]

GRESSUME

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In English law. A customary fine due from a copyhold tenant on the death of' the lord. 1 Strange, 654; 1 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 615, … [Read more...]

GREEK KALENDS

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A colloquial expression to signify a time indefinitely remote, there being no such division of time known to the Greeks. … [Read more...]

GRETNA GREEN MARRIAGE

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A marriage celebrated at Gretna, in Dumfries, (bordering on the county of Cumberland,) in Scotland. By the law of Scotland a valid marriage may be contracted by consent alone, without any other formality. When the marriage act (26 Geo. II. c. 33) rendered the publication of banns, or a license, necessary in England, It became usual for persons who wished to marry clandestinely … [Read more...]

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