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  • FYKE
    A bow-net for catching fish. Pub. St Mass. 1882, p. 1291.
  • FYLE
    In old Scotch law. To defile; to declare foul or defiled. Hence, to find a prisoner guilty.
  • FYLIT
    In old Scotch practice. Fyled; found guilty. See FYLE.
  • FYRD
    Sax. In Anglo-Saxon law. The military array or land force of the whole country. Contribution to the fyrd was one of the imposts forming the "trinoda nccesstas." (Also spelled "ferd" and "fird.") —Fyrdfare. A summoning forth to join a military expedition; a summons to join the fyrd or army.—Fyrdsoono, (or More...
  • G.
    In the Law French orthography, this letter is often substituted for the English W, particularly as an initial. Thus, "gage" for "wage," "garranty" for "warranty," "gast" for "waste."
  • GABEL
    An excise; a tax on movables; a rent, custom, or service. Go. Litt. 213. -Land gabel. See LAND.
  • GABELLA
    The Law Latin form of "gabel," (q. v.)
  • GABLATORES
    Persons who paid gabel, rent, or tribute. Domesday; Cowell.
  • GABLUM
    A rent; a tax. Domesday; Du Cange. The gable-end of a house. Cowell.
  • GABULUS DENARIORUM
    Rent paid in money. Seld. Tit. Hon. 321.
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