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GLOS

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Lat. In the civil law. A husband's sister. Dig. 38, 10, 4, 6. … [Read more...]

GL

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General Ledger … [Read more...]

GLOSS

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An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an annotation, explanation, or comment on any passage in the text of a work, for purposes of elucidation or amplification. Particularly applied to the comments on the Corpus Juris. … [Read more...]

GLADIOLUS

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A little sword or dagger; a kind of sedge. Mat Paris. … [Read more...]

GLOSSA

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Lat. A gloss, explanation, or Interpretation. The glosses of the Roman law are brief illustrative comments or annotations on the text of Justinian's collections, made by the professors who taught or lectured on them about the twelfth century, (especially at the law school of Bologna,) and were hence called "glossators" These glosses were at flrst Inserted in the text with the … [Read more...]

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