Legal Term Dictionary

1. To transfer or yield to, or bestow upon, another. One of the operative words in deeds of conveyance of real property, importing at common law, a warranty or covenant for quiet enjoyment during the lifetime of the grantor. Mack v. Patchln, 29 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 23; Young v. More...

1. To transfer or yield to, or bestow upon, another. One of the operative words in deeds of conveyance of real property, importing at common law, a warranty or covenant for quiet enjoyment during the lifetime of the grantor. Mack v. Patchln, 29 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 23; Young v. Hargrave, 7 Ohio, 69, pt 2; Dow v. Lewis, 4 Gray (Mass.) 473. 2. To bestow upon another gratuitously or without consideration. In their ordinary and familiar signification, the words "sell" and "give" have not the same meaning, but are commonly used -to express different modes of transferring tbe right to property from one person to another. "To sell' means to transfer for a valuable consideration, while "to give" signifies to transfer gratuitously, without any equivalent. Parkinson v. State, 14 Md. 184, 74 Am. Dec. 522. -Give and bequeath. These words, in a will, import a benefit in point of right, to take effect upon the decease of the testator and proof of the will, unless it is made in terms to depend upon some contingency or condition precedent. Eld ridge v. Eldridge, 9 Cush. (Mass.) 519.-Give baiL To furnish or put in bail or security for one's appearance.-Give color. To admit an apparent or colorable right in the opposite party. See COLOR.- Give judgment. To render, pronounce, or declare the judgment of the court in an action at law; not spoken of a judgment obtained by confession. Schuster v. Rader, 13 Colo. 329, 22 Pac. 505.-Give notice. To communicate to another, in any proper or permissible legal manner, information or warning of an existing fact or state of facts or (more usually) of some intended future action. See O'Neil v. Dickson, 11 Ind. 254; In re Devlin, 7 Fed. Cas. 564; City Nat Bank v. Williams, 122 Mass. 530.-Give time. The act of a creditor in extending the time for the payment or satisfaction of a claim beyond the time stipulated in the original contract. If done without the consent of the surety, indorser, or guarantor, it discharges him. Howell v. Jones, 1 Cromp. M. A R. 107; Shipman v. Kelley. 9 App. Div. 316, 41 N. Y. Supp. 339.-Give way. In the rules of navigation, one vessel is said to "give way" to another when she deviates from her course in such a manner and to such an extent as to allow the other to pass without altering her course. See Lockwood v. Lashell, 19 Pa. 350. Less...

A donor; he who makes a gift.

A donor; he who makes a gift. Less...

In Louisiana law. A phrase (translating the Fr. "Ration en payement") which signifies the delivery and acceptance of real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt, Instead of a payment in money. See Civil Code La. art 2655.

In Louisiana law. A phrase (translating the Fr. "Ration en payement") which signifies the delivery and acceptance of real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt, Instead of a payment in money. See Civil Code La. art 2655. Less...

A ceremony anciently performed in England by Serjeants at law at the time of their appointment. The rings were inscribed with a motto, generally In Latin.

A ceremony anciently performed in England by Serjeants at law at the time of their appointment. The rings were inscribed with a motto, generally In Latin. Less...

A little sword or dagger; a kind of sedge. Mat Paris.

A little sword or dagger; a kind of sedge. Mat Paris. Less...

Lat. A sword. An ancient emblem of defense. Hence the ancient earls or comites (the king's attendants, advisers, and associates in his government) were made by being girt with swords, (gladio succincti.) The emblem of the executory power of the law in punishing crimes. 4 Bl. Comm. 177. In old More...

Lat. A sword. An ancient emblem of defense. Hence the ancient earls or comites (the king's attendants, advisers, and associates in his government) were made by being girt with swords, (gladio succincti.) The emblem of the executory power of the law in punishing crimes. 4 Bl. Comm. 177. In old Latin authors, and in the Norman laws, this word was used to signify supreme jurisdiction, (jus gladii.) Less...

A sword, lance, or horseman's staff. One of the weapons allowed in a trial by combat

A sword, lance, or horseman's staff. One of the weapons allowed in a trial by combat Less...

In the civil law. Acorns or nuts of the oak or other trees. In a larger sense, all fruits of trees.

In the civil law. Acorns or nuts of the oak or other trees. In a larger sense, all fruits of trees. Less...

A term used in St. 1 Jac. I. c. 7, for wandering rogues or vagrants.

A term used in St. 1 Jac. I. c. 7, for wandering rogues or vagrants. Less...

A hand dart. Cowell.

A hand dart. Cowell. Less...