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A piece of ground appropriated to raising plants and flowers. 2. A garden is a parcel of a house and passes with it. … [Read more...] about GARDEN

In criminal law. The delivery or clearing of a gaol of the prisoners confined therein, by trying them. In popular speech, the clearing of a gaol by the escape of the prisoners. General gaol delivery. In English law. At the assises (q. v.) the judges sit bv virtue of five several authorities, one of which is the commission of "general gaol delivery." This empowers them to try … [Read more...] about GAOL DELIVERY

L. Fr. Custody; wardship. … [Read more...] about GARDIA

Eng. law. To insure the trial, within a certain time, of all prisoners, a patent in the nature of a letter is issued from the king to certain persons, appointing them his justices, and authorizing them to deliver his goals. In the United States, the judges of the criminal courts are required to cause the accused to be tried within the times prescribed by the local statutes, and … [Read more...] about GAOL-DELIVERY

In old English law. A guardian, defender, or protector. In feudal law, gardio. Spelman. A warden. Gardianm ecclesiw, a churchwarden. Gardianus quinque portuum, warden of the Cinque Ports. Spelman. … [Read more...] about GARDIANUS