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Gladius
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GladiusIn our old Latin authors, and in the Norman laws, this word was used to signify supreme jurisdiction, jus gladii.
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Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Supreme
That which is superior to all other things; as the supreme power of the state, which is an authority over all others. The supreme court, which is superior to all other courts.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
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Gladiator fight
In the US penitentiary slang, fighting set up for the benefit of others.
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Gill
A measure of capacity, equal to one-fourth of a pint.
Girantem
Merchant law. . An Italian word, which signifies the drawer. It is derived from, girare, to draw, in the same manner as the English verb to murder, is transformed into murdrare in our old indictments.
Girth
A girth or yard is a measure of length. The word is of Saxon origin, taken from the circumference of the human body. Girth is contracted from girdeth, and signifies as much as girdle.
Giver
Contracts. He who makes a gift. By his gift, the giver always impliedly agrees with the donee that he will not revoke the gift.
Giving in payment
This term is used in Louisiana; it signifies that a debtor, instead of paying a debt he owes in money, satisfies his creditor by giving in payment a movable or immovable.
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Gleaning
The act of gathering such grain in a field where it grew, as may, have been left by the reapers after the sheaves were gathered.
Glebe
Ecclesiastic law. The land which belongs to a church. It is the dowry of the church. Gleba est terra qua consistit dos ecclesiae. In the civil law it signified the soil of an inheritance; there were serfs of the glebe, called gleboe addicti.
Gloss
Interpretation, comment, explanation, or remark, intended to illustrate the text of an author.
Glossator
A commentator or annotator of the Roman law. One of the authors of the Gloss.
Gloucester, statute of
An English statute, so called, because it was passed at Gloucester. There were other statutes made at Gloucester, which do not bear this name.
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Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Supreme
That which is superior to all other things; as the supreme power of the state, which is an authority over all others. The supreme court, which is superior to all other courts.
Jurisdiction
Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
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Gladiator fight
In the US penitentiary slang, fighting set up for the benefit of others.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Gill
A measure of capacity, equal to one-fourth of a pint.
Girantem
Merchant law. . An Italian word, which signifies the drawer. It is derived from, girare, to draw, in the same manner as the English verb to murder, is transformed into murdrare in our old indictments.
Girth
A girth or yard is a measure of length. The word is of Saxon origin, taken from the circumference of the human body. Girth is contracted from girdeth, and signifies as much as girdle.
Giver
Contracts. He who makes a gift. By his gift, the giver always impliedly agrees with the donee that he will not revoke the gift.
Giving in payment
This term is used in Louisiana; it signifies that a debtor, instead of paying a debt he owes in money, satisfies his creditor by giving in payment a movable or immovable.
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Gleaning
The act of gathering such grain in a field where it grew, as may, have been left by the reapers after the sheaves were gathered.
Glebe
Ecclesiastic law. The land which belongs to a church. It is the dowry of the church. Gleba est terra qua consistit dos ecclesiae. In the civil law it signified the soil of an inheritance; there were serfs of the glebe, called gleboe addicti.
Gloss
Interpretation, comment, explanation, or remark, intended to illustrate the text of an author.
Glossator
A commentator or annotator of the Roman law. One of the authors of the Gloss.
Gloucester, statute of
An English statute, so called, because it was passed at Gloucester. There were other statutes made at Gloucester, which do not bear this name.
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