Prejudice or discrimination against a person based upon their gender. … [Read more...]

In English law. A yard; a little close or homestead in the north of England. Cowell; Blount. A dam or wear in a river, for the catching of fish. … [Read more...]

The official publication of the English government, also called the "London Gazette." It is evidence of acts of state, and of everything done by the king in his political capacity. Orders of adjudication in bankruptcy are required to be published therein; and the production of a copy of the "Gazette," containing a copy of the order of adjudication, is evidence of the fact. … [Read more...]

The summary history or table of a house or family, showing how the persons there named are connected together. 2. It is founded on the idea of a lineage or family. Persons descended from the common father constitute a family. Under the idea of degrees is noted the nearness or remoteness, of relationship, in which one person stands with respect to another. A series of several … [Read more...]

In old Scotch law. Warder. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 8. … [Read more...]