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Guardianship
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GuardianshipPersons. The power or protective authority given by law, and imposed on an individual who is free and in the enjoyment of his rights, over one whose weakness on account of his age, renders him unable to protect himself.
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Power
This is either inherent or derivative. The former is the right, ability, or faculty of doing something, without receiving that right, ability, or faculty from another. The people have the power to establish a form of govemment, or to change one already established. A father has the legal power to chastise his son; a master, his apprentice.
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Free
"1) Not bound to servitude; at liberty to act as one pleases. This word is put in opposition to slave. 2) Ships. By this is understood neutral vessels. Free ships are sometimes considered as making free goods.
Enjoyment
The right which a man possesses of receiving all the product of a thing for his necessity, his use, or his pleasure.
Account
Practice. 1) A statement of the receipts and payments of an executor, administrator, or other trustee, of the estate confided to him. 2) An account is also the statement of two merchants or others who have dealt together, showing the debits and credits between them.
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Guarantee
Contracts. He lo whom a guaranty is made.
Guarantees
A guarantor undertakes that he will repay a debt incurred by another person or company to a bank or other creditor and the bank or other creditor can require him to pay the outstanding amount if that person cannot or will not pay their indebtedness. Proprietors and directors of companies are often asked to give personal guarantees for their company's borrowings to provide additional security.
Guarantor
Contracts. He who makes a guaranty.
Guardian
An individual who, by legal appointment or by the effect of a written law, is given custodyof both the property and the person of one who is unable to manage their own affairs, such as a child or mentally-disabled person.
Guardian ad litem
A guardian appointed to assist an infant or other mentally incapable defendant or plaintiff, or any such incapacitated person that may be a party in a legal action.
Guardians
"Domestic relations. Guardians are divided into, guardians of the person, in the civil law called tutors; and guardians of the estate, in the sam law are known by the name of curators.A guardian of the person is one who has been lawfully invested with the care of the person of an infant, whose father is dead. Guardians have also been divided into guardians by nature; guardian's by nurture; guardians in socage; testamentary guardians; statutory guardians; and guardians ad litem.
Guardians of the poor
The name given to officers whose duties are very similar to those of overseers of the poor, that is, generally to relieve the distresses of such poor persons who are unable to take care of themselves.
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Guarantor
Contracts. He who makes a guaranty.
Guardian
An individual who, by legal appointment or by the effect of a written law, is given custodyof both the property and the person of one who is unable to manage their own affairs, such as a child or mentally-disabled person.
Guardian ad litem
A guardian appointed to assist an infant or other mentally incapable defendant or plaintiff, or any such incapacitated person that may be a party in a legal action.
Guardians
"Domestic relations. Guardians are divided into, guardians of the person, in the civil law called tutors; and guardians of the estate, in the sam law are known by the name of curators.A guardian of the person is one who has been lawfully invested with the care of the person of an infant, whose father is dead. Guardians have also been divided into guardians by nature; guardian's by nurture; guardians in socage; testamentary guardians; statutory guardians; and guardians ad litem.
Guardians of the poor
The name given to officers whose duties are very similar to those of overseers of the poor, that is, generally to relieve the distresses of such poor persons who are unable to take care of themselves.
Guardianship
Gubernator
Civil law. A pilot or steersman of a ship.
Guest
A traveller who stays at an inn or tavern-with the consent of the keeper.And if, after having taken lodgings at an inn, he leaves his horse there, and goes elsewhere to lodge, he is still to be considered a guest. But not if he merely leaves goods for which the landlord receives no compensation. The length of time a man is at an inn makes no difference, whether he stays a day, or a week, or a month, or longer, so always, that, though not strictly transiens, he retains his character as a traveller. But if a person comes upon a special contract to board and sojourn at an inn, he is not in the sense of the law a guest, but a boarder.
Guest statute
A statute which sets specific standards of care on the driver of a vehicle towards a non-paying passenger. The basic concept is that the social passenger may only bring suit against the driver for gross negligence or some other form of aggravated misconduct.
Guidon de la mer, (le)
The name of a treatise on maritime law, written in Rouen, then Normandy, in 1671, as is supposed. it was received on the continent of Europe almost as equal in authority to one of the ancient codes of maritime law. The author of this work is unknown. This tract or treatise is contained in the Collection de Lois Maritimes".
Guild
A fraternity or company. Guild hall, the place of meeting of guilds.
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Power
This is either inherent or derivative. The former is the right, ability, or faculty of doing something, without receiving that right, ability, or faculty from another. The people have the power to establish a form of govemment, or to change one already established. A father has the legal power to chastise his son; a master, his apprentice.
Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Free
"1) Not bound to servitude; at liberty to act as one pleases. This word is put in opposition to slave. 2) Ships. By this is understood neutral vessels. Free ships are sometimes considered as making free goods.
Enjoyment
The right which a man possesses of receiving all the product of a thing for his necessity, his use, or his pleasure.
Account
Practice. 1) A statement of the receipts and payments of an executor, administrator, or other trustee, of the estate confided to him. 2) An account is also the statement of two merchants or others who have dealt together, showing the debits and credits between them.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Guarantee
Contracts. He lo whom a guaranty is made.
Guarantees
A guarantor undertakes that he will repay a debt incurred by another person or company to a bank or other creditor and the bank or other creditor can require him to pay the outstanding amount if that person cannot or will not pay their indebtedness. Proprietors and directors of companies are often asked to give personal guarantees for their company's borrowings to provide additional security.
Guarantor
Contracts. He who makes a guaranty.
Guardian
An individual who, by legal appointment or by the effect of a written law, is given custodyof both the property and the person of one who is unable to manage their own affairs, such as a child or mentally-disabled person.
Guardian ad litem
A guardian appointed to assist an infant or other mentally incapable defendant or plaintiff, or any such incapacitated person that may be a party in a legal action.
Guardians
"Domestic relations. Guardians are divided into, guardians of the person, in the civil law called tutors; and guardians of the estate, in the sam law are known by the name of curators.A guardian of the person is one who has been lawfully invested with the care of the person of an infant, whose father is dead. Guardians have also been divided into guardians by nature; guardian's by nurture; guardians in socage; testamentary guardians; statutory guardians; and guardians ad litem.
Guardians of the poor
The name given to officers whose duties are very similar to those of overseers of the poor, that is, generally to relieve the distresses of such poor persons who are unable to take care of themselves.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Guarantor
Contracts. He who makes a guaranty.
Guardian
An individual who, by legal appointment or by the effect of a written law, is given custodyof both the property and the person of one who is unable to manage their own affairs, such as a child or mentally-disabled person.
Guardian ad litem
A guardian appointed to assist an infant or other mentally incapable defendant or plaintiff, or any such incapacitated person that may be a party in a legal action.
Guardians
"Domestic relations. Guardians are divided into, guardians of the person, in the civil law called tutors; and guardians of the estate, in the sam law are known by the name of curators.A guardian of the person is one who has been lawfully invested with the care of the person of an infant, whose father is dead. Guardians have also been divided into guardians by nature; guardian's by nurture; guardians in socage; testamentary guardians; statutory guardians; and guardians ad litem.
Guardians of the poor
The name given to officers whose duties are very similar to those of overseers of the poor, that is, generally to relieve the distresses of such poor persons who are unable to take care of themselves.
Guardianship
Gubernator
Civil law. A pilot or steersman of a ship.
Guest
A traveller who stays at an inn or tavern-with the consent of the keeper.And if, after having taken lodgings at an inn, he leaves his horse there, and goes elsewhere to lodge, he is still to be considered a guest. But not if he merely leaves goods for which the landlord receives no compensation. The length of time a man is at an inn makes no difference, whether he stays a day, or a week, or a month, or longer, so always, that, though not strictly transiens, he retains his character as a traveller. But if a person comes upon a special contract to board and sojourn at an inn, he is not in the sense of the law a guest, but a boarder.
Guest statute
A statute which sets specific standards of care on the driver of a vehicle towards a non-paying passenger. The basic concept is that the social passenger may only bring suit against the driver for gross negligence or some other form of aggravated misconduct.
Guidon de la mer, (le)
The name of a treatise on maritime law, written in Rouen, then Normandy, in 1671, as is supposed. it was received on the continent of Europe almost as equal in authority to one of the ancient codes of maritime law. The author of this work is unknown. This tract or treatise is contained in the Collection de Lois Maritimes".
Guild
A fraternity or company. Guild hall, the place of meeting of guilds.
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