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  • GEORGE-NOBLE
    An English gold coin, value 6s. 8d.
  • GERECHTSBODE
    In old New York law. A court messenger or constable. O'Callaghan, New Neth. 322.
  • GEREFA
    In Saxon law. Greve, reve, or reeve; a ministerial oflicer of high antiquity in England; answering to the grave or graf (grafio) of the early continental nations. The term was applied to various grades of officers, from the scyre-gerefa, shire-grefe, or shire-reve, who had charge of the county, (and whose More...
  • GERENS
    Bearing. Gerens datum, bearing date. L Ld. Baym. 336; Hob. 19.
  • GERMAN
    Whole, full, or own, in respect to relationship or descent Brothers-german, as opposed to half-brothers, are those who have both the same father and mother. Cousins-german are "first" cousins; that is, children of brothers or sisters.
  • GERMANUS
    Lat. Descended of the same stock, or from the same couple of ancestors; of the whole or full blood. Mackeld. Rom. Law, ( 145.
  • GERMEN TERRAE
    Lat. A sprout of the earth. A young tree, so called.
  • GERONTOCOMI
    In the civil law. Officers appointed to manage hospitals for the aged poor.
  • GERONTOCOMIUM
    In the civil law. An institution or hospital for taking care of the old. Cod. 1, 3, 46, 1; Calvin.
  • GERRYMANDER
    A name given to the process of dividing a state or other territory into the authorized civil or political divisions, but with such a geographical arrangement as to accomplish a sinister or unlawful purpose, as, for instance, to secure a majority for a given political party in districts where the More...
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