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  • GRAINAGE
    An ancient duty in London under which the twentieth part of salt imported by aliens was taken.
  • GRAMMAR SCHOOL
    In England, this term designates a school in which such instruction is given as will prepare the student to enter a college or university, and in this sense the phrase was used in the Massachusetts colonial act of 1647, requiring every town containing a hundred householders to set up a More...
  • GRAMMATOPHYLACIUM
    (Gneco-Lat.) In the civil law. A place for keeping writings or records. Dig. 48, 19, 9, 6,
  • GRAMME
    The unit of weight in the metric system. The gramme is the weight of a cubic centimeter of distilled water at the temperature of 43 C It is equal to 15.4341 grains troy, or 5.6481 drachms avoirdupois.
  • GRANATARIUS
    In old English law. An officer having charge of a granary. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 82, | 1; Id. c, 84.
  • GRAND
    As to grand "Assize," "Bill of Sale," "Cape," "Distress," "Jury," "Larceny," and "Serjeanty," see those titles.
  • GRAND COUTUMIER
    A collection of customs, laws, and forms of procedure in use in early times in France. See COUTUMIER.
  • GRAND DAYS
    In English practice, Certain days In the terms, which are solemnly kept in the inns of court and chancery, viz., Candlemas day in Hilary term, Ascension day in Easter, St John the Baptist's day in Trinity, and All Saints in Michaelmas ; which are dies non juridici. Termes de la More...
  • GRANDCHILD
    The child of one's child.
  • GRANDFATHER
    The father of either of one's parents.
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