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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...] about GLOSS

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

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...] about GLOSSA

In Saxon and old English law. A measure of length, equal to one yard, derived from the girth or circumference of a man's body. … [Read more...] about GIRTH

Lat. A sword. An ancient emblem of defense. Hence the ancient earls or comites (the king's attendants, advisers, and associates in his government) were made by being girt with swords, (gladio succincti.) The emblem of the executory power of the law in punishing crimes. 4 Bl. Comm. 177. In old Latin authors, and in the Norman laws, this word was used to signify supreme … [Read more...] about GLADIUS