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  • GEBURUS
    In old English law. A country neighbor; an inhabitant of the same geburscript, or village. Cowell.
  • GELD
    In Saxon law. Money or tribute. A mulct, compensation, value, price Angeld was the single value of a thing; twigeld, double value, etc. So, weregeld was the value of a man slain; orfgeld, that of a beast. Brown.
  • GELDABILIS
    In old English law. Taxable ; geldable.
  • GELDABLE
    Liable to pay geld; liable to be taxed. Kelham.
  • GELDING
    A horse that has been castrated, and which is thus distinguished from the horse in his natural and unaltered condition. A "ridgling" (a half-castrated horse) is not a gelding, but a horse, within the denomination of animals in the statutes. Brisco v. State, 4 Tex. App. 219, 30 Am. Rep. More...
  • GEMMA
    Lat. In the civil law. A gem; a precious stone. Gems were distinguished by their transparency; such as emeralds, chrysolites, amethysts. Dig. 34, 2, 19, IT.
  • GEMOT
    In Saxon law. A meeting or moot; a convention; a public assemblage. These were of several sorts, such, as the witena-gemot, or meeting of the wise men; the folc-gemot, or general assembly of the people; the shirc-gemot, or county court; the burg-gemot, or borough court; the hundred-gemot, or hundred court; More...
  • GENEARCH
    The head of a family.
  • GENEATH
    In Saxon law. A villein, or agricultural tenant, (villanus villicus;) a hind or farmer, (firmarius rusticus.) Spelman.
  • GENER
    Lat. In the civil law. A son-in-law; a daughter's husband. (Filiw vir.) Dig. 38, 10, 4, 6.
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