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GROG-SHOP

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A liquor saloon, barroom, or dram-shop; a place where intoxicating liquor is sold to be drunk on the premises. See Leesburg v. Putnam, 103 Ga. 110, 29 S. E. 602. … [Read more...]

GRATIS

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Without reward or consideration. 2. When a bailee undertakes to perform some act or work gratis, he is answerable for his gross negligence, if any loss should be sustained in consequence of it; but a distinction exists between non-feasance and misfeasance; between a total omission to do an act which one gratuitously promises to do, and a culpable negligence in the execution of … [Read more...]

GREAT CATTLE

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By this, term, in the English law, is, meant all manner of beasts except sheep and yearlings. … [Read more...]

GRATIS DICTUM

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A voluntary assertion; a statement which a party is not legally bound to make, or in which he is not held to precise accuracy. 2 Kent, Comm. 486, Medbury v. Watson, 6 Mete. (Mass.) 260, 39 Am. Dec. 726. … [Read more...]

GREAT CHARTER

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The name of the charter granted by the English King John, securing to the English people their principal liberties; magna charta. … [Read more...]

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