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A gauge or gauging; a measure of the contents of any vessel. … [Read more...] about GAUGETUM

Lat. In the civil law. A gem; a precious stone. Gems were distinguished by their transparency; such as emeralds, chrysolites, amethysts. Dig. 34, 2, 19, IT. … [Read more...] about GEMMA

In old English law. Garniture; whatever is necessary for the fortification of a city or camp, or for the ornament of a thing. 8 Rymer, 328; Du Cange; Cowell; Blount. … [Read more...] about GARNISTURA

In English law. Custom; tribute ; toll; yearly rent; payment of revenue; of which there were anciently several sorts; as gavel-corn, gavel-malt, oat-gavch gavel-fodder, etc. Termes de la Ley; Cowell; Co. Litt. 142a. Gavelbred. Rent reserved in bread, corn, or provision; rent payable in kind. Cowell. Gaveloester. A certain measure of rentale. Cowell. Gavelgeld. That which yields … [Read more...] about GAVEL

In Saxon law. A meeting or moot; a convention; a public assemblage. These were of several sorts, such, as the witena-gemot, or meeting of the wise men; the folc-gemot, or general assembly of the people; the shirc-gemot, or county court; the burg-gemot, or borough court; the hundred-gemot, or hundred court; the hali-gemot, or court-baron; the hal-mote, a convention of citizens … [Read more...] about GEMOT