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GARNISHMENT

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After a debtor loses a lawsuit against a creditor, the court may order that property be taken from the debtor to satisfy a debt. Most common enforcement measures are the attachment of wages, which usually empowers the prevailing plaintiff with the right to have the employer send up to 25% of the defendant's wages to the plaintiff as payment of the debt. Law Dictionary - … [Read more...]

GAUGETUM

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

GEMMA

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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...]

GARNISTURA

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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...]

GAVEL

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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...]

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