In the civil law. One who acts for another, or transacts another's business. Calvin. … [Read more...] about GESTOR
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GIFT INTER
Vivos. A gift made from one or more persons, without any prospect of immediate death, to one or more others. 2. These gifts are so called to distinguish them from gifts causa-mortis, (vide Donatio causa mortise,) from which they differ essentially. 1. A gift inter vivos, when completed by delivery, passes the title to the thing so that it cannot be recovered back by the giver; … [Read more...] about GIFT INTER
GESTU ET FAMA
An ancient and obsolete writ resorted to when a person's good behavior was impeached. Lamb. Eir. 1. 4, c. 14. … [Read more...] about GESTU ET FAMA
GIFT OVER
Where the intended recipient of a gift is either unavailable or refuses to accept a gift and appoints an alternate receiver. … [Read more...] about GIFT OVER
GESTUM
Lat. In Roman law. A deed or act; a thing done. Some writers affected to make a distinction between "gestum" and "factum." But the best authorities pronounced this subtile and indefensible. Dig. 50, 16, 58. … [Read more...] about GESTUM