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  • GENTLEMAN
    In English law. A person of superior birth. Under the denomination of "gentlemen" are comprised all above yeoman; whereby noblemen are truly called "gentlemen." Smith de Bep. Ang. lib, 1. cc 20, 21. A "gentleman" is defined to be one who, without any title, bears a coat of arms, or More...
  • GENTLEMAN USHER
    One who holds a post at court to usher others to the presence, etc.
  • GENTLEWOMAN
    A woman of birth above the common, or equal to that of a gentleman; an addition of a woman's state or degree.
  • GENTOO LAW
    See HINDU LAW.
  • GENUINE
    As applied to notes, bonds, and other written instruments, this term means that they are truly what they purport to be, and that they are not false, forged, fictitious, simulated, spurious, or counterfeit. Baldwin v. Van Deusen, 37 N. Y. 492; Smelt-zer v. White, 92 U. S. 392, 23 L. More...
  • GENUS
    In the civil law. A general class or division, comprising several species. In toto jure generi per speciem derogatur, et illud potis8imum habetur quod ad speciem directum est, throughout the law, the species takes from the genus, and that is most particularly regarded which refers to the species. Dig. 50, More...
  • 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.
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