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GIFT INTER

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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...]

GESTU ET FAMA

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An ancient and obsolete writ resorted to when a person's good behavior was impeached. Lamb. Eir. 1. 4, c. 14. … [Read more...]

GIFT OVER

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Where the intended recipient of a gift is either unavailable or refuses to accept a gift and appoints an alternate receiver. … [Read more...]

GENERIC NAME

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A trademark name which no longer has a protected status as a result of continuous use as an English word, e.g. thermos, linoleum. May also refer to a term or brand which cannot be trademarked because it is commonly used in language by the public. … [Read more...]

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