Legal Term Dictionary

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...

In Saxon law. Members of a gild or decennary. Oftener spelled "con-gildo" Du Cange; Spelman.

In Saxon law. Members of a gild or decennary. Oftener spelled "con-gildo" Du Cange; Spelman. Less...

L. Fr. A cheat or deceiver. Applied in Britton to those who sold false or spurious things for good, as pewter for silver or laten for gold. Britt, c. 15.

L. Fr. A cheat or deceiver. Applied in Britton to those who sold false or spurious things for good, as pewter for silver or laten for gold. Britt, c. 15. Less...

An Italian word, which signifies the drawer of a bill. It is derived from "girare" to draw.

An Italian word, which signifies the drawer of a bill. It is derived from "girare" to draw. Less...

In Saxon and old English law. A measure of length, equal to one yard, derived from the girth or circumference of a man's body.

In Saxon and old English law. A measure of length, equal to one yard, derived from the girth or circumference of a man's body. Less...