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GERECHTSBODE

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In old New York law. A court messenger or constable. O'Callaghan, New Neth. 322. … [Read more...]

GENERIC MARK

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Trademark law, a word or symbol or term used to describe a product, service or item but don't distinguish the goods or services as being from a specific origin. For example, the term aspirin is now synonymous with a painkilling medication produced by a number of manufacturers but not associated with one. Generic marks do not and cannot receive trademark protection. … [Read more...]

GEREFA

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In Saxon law. Greve, reve, or reeve; a ministerial oflicer of high antiquity in England; answering to the grave or graf (grafio) of the early continental nations. The term was applied to various grades of officers, from the scyre-gerefa, shire-grefe, or shire-reve, who had charge of the county, (and whose title and office have been perpetuated in the modern "sheriff,") down to … [Read more...]

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