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  • GERSUMARIUS
    In old English law. Finable; liable to be amerced at the discretion of the lord of a manor. Cowell.
  • GERSUME
    In old English law. Expense; reward; compensation; wealth. It Is also used for a fine or compensation for an offense. 2 Mon. Angl. 973.
  • GEST
    In Saxon law. A guest A name given to a stranger on the second night of his entertainment in another's house. Two-night gest.
  • GESTATION, UTERO-GESTATION
    In medical jurisprudence. The time during which a female, who has conceived, carries the embryo or fetus in her uterus.
  • GESTIO
    In the civil law. Behavior or conduct. Management or transaction. Negotiorum gestio, the doing of another's business; an interference in the affairs of another in his absence, from benevolence or friendship, and without authority. Dig. 3, 5, 45; Id. 46, 3, 12, 4; 2 Kent, Comm. 616, note. -Gestio pro More...
  • GESTOR
    In the civil law. One who acts for another, or transacts another's business. Calvin.
  • GESTU ET FAMA
    An ancient and obsolete writ resorted to when a person's good behavior was impeached. Lamb. Eir. 1. 4, c. 14.
  • GESTUM
    Lat. In Roman law. A deed or act; a thing done. Some writers affected to make a distinction between "gestum" and "factum." But the best authorities pronounced this subtile and indefensible. Dig. 50, 16, 58.
  • GEVILLOURIS
    In old Scotch law. Gaolers. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 2, p. 234.
  • GEWINEDA
    In Saxon law. The ancient convention of the people to decide a cause.
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