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  • GENICULUM
    A degree of consanguinity. Spelman.
  • GENS
    Lat. In Roman law. A tribe or clan; a group of families, connected by common descent and bearing the same name, being all free-born and of free ancestors, and in possession of full civic rights.
  • GENTES
    Lat. People. Contra omnes gentes, against all people. Bract. fol. 37b. Words used in the clause of warranty in old deeds.
  • GENTILES
    In Roman law. The members of a gens or common tribe.
  • GENTLEMAN
    In English law. A person of superior birth. Under the denomination of "gentlemen" are comprised all above yeoman; whereby noblemen are truly called "gentlemen." Smith de Bep. Ang. lib, 1. cc 20, 21. A "gentleman" is defined to be one who, without any title, bears a coat of arms, or More...
  • GENTLEMAN USHER
    One who holds a post at court to usher others to the presence, etc.
  • GENTLEWOMAN
    A woman of birth above the common, or equal to that of a gentleman; an addition of a woman's state or degree.
  • GENTOO LAW
    See HINDU LAW.
  • GENUINE
    As applied to notes, bonds, and other written instruments, this term means that they are truly what they purport to be, and that they are not false, forged, fictitious, simulated, spurious, or counterfeit. Baldwin v. Van Deusen, 37 N. Y. 492; Smelt-zer v. White, 92 U. S. 392, 23 L. More...
  • GENUS
    In the civil law. A general class or division, comprising several species. In toto jure generi per speciem derogatur, et illud potis8imum habetur quod ad speciem directum est, throughout the law, the species takes from the genus, and that is most particularly regarded which refers to the species. Dig. 50, More...
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