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  • GUTI
    Jutes; one of the three nations who migrated from Germany to Britain at an early period. According to Spelman, they established themselves chiefly in Kent and the Isle of Wight.
  • GUTTER
    The diminutive of a sewer. Calli8, Sew. (80.) 100. In modern law, an open ditch or conduit designed to allow the passage of water from one point to another in a certain direction, whether for purposes of drainage, irrigation, or otherwise. Warren v. Henly, 31 Iowa, 31; Willis v. State, More...
  • GWABR MERCHED
    Maid's fee. A British word signifying a customary fine payable to lords of some manors on marriage of the tenant's daughters, or otherwise on their committing Incontinence. Cowell.
  • GWALSTOW
    A place of execution. Jacob.
  • GWAYF
    Waif, or waived; that which has been stolen and afterwards dropped in the highway for fear of a discovery. Cowell.
  • GYLPUT
    The name of a court which was held every three weeks in the liberty or hundred of Pathbew in Warwick. Jacob.
  • GYLTWITE
    Sax. Compensation for fraud or trespass. Cowell.
  • GYNARCHY, OR GYNECOCRACY
    Government by a woman; a state in which women are legally capable of the supreme command; e. p., in Great Britain and Spain.
  • GYROVAGI
    Wandering monks. GYVES. Fetters or shackles for the legs.
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