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
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...]
GEMOT
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...]
GANANCIAL
Spanish law. A term which in Spanish signifies nearly the same as acquets. Bienes gananciales are thus defined: Aquellos que el marido y la muger o cualquiera de los dos adquieren o aumentan durante el matrimonio por compra o otro contrato, 6 mediante su trabajo e industria, como tambien los frutos de los bienos proprios que cada uno elevo al matrimonio, et de los que … [Read more...]
GARBALES DECIMAE
In Scotch law. Tithes of corn, (grain.) Bell. … [Read more...]