Legal Term Dictionary

In Saxon and old English law. The giving of evidence.

In Saxon and old English law. The giving of evidence. Less...

In Saxon law. Deeds or charters; writings. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 10.

In Saxon law. Deeds or charters; writings. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 10. Less...

A gallows; the post on which malefactors are hanged, or on which their bodies are exposed. It differs from a common gallows, in that it consists of one perpendicular post, from the top of which proceeds one arm, except it be a double gibbet, which Is formed in the shape More...

A gallows; the post on which malefactors are hanged, or on which their bodies are exposed. It differs from a common gallows, in that it consists of one perpendicular post, from the top of which proceeds one arm, except it be a double gibbet, which Is formed in the shape of the Roman capital T. Enc. Lond. Less...

Lynch law; in particular a custom anciently prevailing in the parish of Halifax. England, by which the free burghers held a summary trial of any one accused of petit larceny, and if they found him guilty, ordered him to be decapitated.

Lynch law; in particular a custom anciently prevailing in the parish of Halifax. England, by which the free burghers held a summary trial of any one accused of petit larceny, and if they found him guilty, ordered him to be decapitated. Less...

A voluntary conveyance of land, or transfer of goods, from one person to another, made gratuitously, and not upon any consideration of blood or money. 2 Bl. Comm. 440 ; 2 Steph. Comm. 102; 2 Kent, Comm. 437. And see Ingram v. Colgan, 106 Cal. 113, 38 Pac. 315, 28 More...

A voluntary conveyance of land, or transfer of goods, from one person to another, made gratuitously, and not upon any consideration of blood or money. 2 Bl. Comm. 440 ; 2 Steph. Comm. 102; 2 Kent, Comm. 437. And see Ingram v. Colgan, 106 Cal. 113, 38 Pac. 315, 28 L. R. A. 187, 46 Am. St. Rep. 221; Gray v. Barton, 55 N. Y. 72. 14 Am. Rep. 181; Williamson v. Johnson, 62 Vt. 378, 20 Ati. 279, 9 L. R. A. 277, 22 Am. St. Rep. 117; Flanders v. Blandy, 45 Ohio St. 113, 12 N. E. 321. A gift is a transfer of personal property, made voluntarily and without consideration. Civil Code Cal. I 1146. In popular language, a voluntary conveyance or assignment is called a "deed of gift" "Gift" and "advancement" are sometimes used interchangeably as expressive of the same operation. But, while an advancement Is always a gift, a gift is very frequently not an advancement. In re Dewees' Estate, 3 Brewst (Pa.) 314. In English law. A conveyance of lands in tail; a conveyance of an estate tail in which the operative words are "I give," or "I have given." 2 Bl. Comm. 316; 1 Steph. Comm. 473. -Absolute sift, as distinguished from one made in contemplation of death, is one by which the donee becomes in the lifetime of the donor the absolute owner of the thing given, whereas a donatio mortis causa leaves the whole title in the donor, unless the event occurs (the death of the donor) which is to divest him. Buecker v. Carr, 60 N. J. Eq. 300, 47 Atl. 34. As distinguished from a gift in trust, it is one where not only the legal title but the beneficial ownership as well is vested in the donee. Watkins v. Bigelow. 93 Minn. 210, 100 N. W. 1104.- Gift enterprise. A scheme for the division or distribution of certain articles of property, to be determined by chance, among those who have taken shares in the scheme. The phrase has attained such a notoriety as to justify a court in taking judicial notice of what is meant and understood by it. Lohman v. State, 81 Ind. 17; Lansburgh v. District of Columbia, 11 App. D. C. 524: State v. Shusart 138 Ala. 86, 3o South. 28, 100 Am. St Rep. 17; Winston v. Beeson. 135 N. CX 271, 47 S. E. 457. 65 L. R. A. 167. Less...

The stream of water to a mill. Mon. Angl. torn. 3.

The stream of water to a mill. Mon. Angl. torn. 3. Less...

In Swedish law. The right to dispose of a woman in marriage; or the person possessing such right,-her father, if living, or, if he be dead, the mother.

In Swedish law. The right to dispose of a woman in marriage; or the person possessing such right,-her father, if living, or, if he be dead, the mother. Less...

In Saxon law. A tax or tribute Spelman. A fine, mulct, or amerciament; a satisfaction or compensation for an injury. A fraternity, society, or company of persons combined together, under certain regulations, and with the king's license, and so called because its expenses were defrayed by the contributions (geld, gild) More...

In Saxon law. A tax or tribute Spelman. A fine, mulct, or amerciament; a satisfaction or compensation for an injury. A fraternity, society, or company of persons combined together, under certain regulations, and with the king's license, and so called because its expenses were defrayed by the contributions (geld, gild) of its members. Spelman. In other words, a corporation; called, in Latin, "socictas," "collegium" "fratria," "fraternitas." "sodalitium," "adu-natio;" and, in foreign law, "gildonia." Spelman. There were various kinds of these gilds, as merchant or commercial gilds, religious gilds, and others. 3 Turn. Anglo Sax. 98; 3 Steph. Comm. 173, note a. See GILD A MERCATORIA. A friborg, or decennary; called, by the Saxons, "gyldscipes" and its members, "gildones" and "congildones" Spelman. -Gild-hall. See GUILDHALL.-Gild-rent. Certain payments to the crown from any gild or fraternity. Less...

A gild merchant, or merchant gild; a gild, corporation, or company of merchants. 10 Coke, 30.

A gild merchant, or merchant gild; a gild, corporation, or company of merchants. 10 Coke, 30. Less...

In old English law. Taxable, tributary, or contributory; liable to pay tax or tribute. Cowell; Blount.

In old English law. Taxable, tributary, or contributory; liable to pay tax or tribute. Cowell; Blount. Less...