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Guillotine
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GuillotineA device developed in France to inflict the death penalty through decapitation by the dropping of a weighted and sharp metal blade onto the restrained neck of a convict.
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Death
Cessation of life; extinction of political existence.
Penalty
Contracts. A clause in an agreement, by which the obligor agrees to pay a certain-sum of money, if he shall fail to fulfil the contract contained in another clause of the same agreement.
Decapitation
Punishment. The punishment of putting a person to death by taking off his head.
Convict
One who has been condemned by a competent court. This term is wore commonly applied to one who has been convicted of a crime or misdemeanor.
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Guild
A fraternity or company. Guild hall, the place of meeting of guilds.
Guilt
Criminal law. That quality which renders criminal and liable to punishment; or it is that disposition to violate the law, which has manifested itself by some act already done. The opposite of innocence.
Guilty
The state or condition of a person who has committed a crime, misdemeanor or offence. This word implies a malicious intent, and must be applied to something universally allowed to be a crime.
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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.
Guillotine
Guilt
Criminal law. That quality which renders criminal and liable to punishment; or it is that disposition to violate the law, which has manifested itself by some act already done. The opposite of innocence.
Guilty
The state or condition of a person who has committed a crime, misdemeanor or offence. This word implies a malicious intent, and must be applied to something universally allowed to be a crime.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Death
Cessation of life; extinction of political existence.
Penalty
Contracts. A clause in an agreement, by which the obligor agrees to pay a certain-sum of money, if he shall fail to fulfil the contract contained in another clause of the same agreement.
Decapitation
Punishment. The punishment of putting a person to death by taking off his head.
Convict
One who has been condemned by a competent court. This term is wore commonly applied to one who has been convicted of a crime or misdemeanor.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Guild
A fraternity or company. Guild hall, the place of meeting of guilds.
Guilt
Criminal law. That quality which renders criminal and liable to punishment; or it is that disposition to violate the law, which has manifested itself by some act already done. The opposite of innocence.
Guilty
The state or condition of a person who has committed a crime, misdemeanor or offence. This word implies a malicious intent, and must be applied to something universally allowed to be a crime.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
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.
Guillotine
Guilt
Criminal law. That quality which renders criminal and liable to punishment; or it is that disposition to violate the law, which has manifested itself by some act already done. The opposite of innocence.
Guilty
The state or condition of a person who has committed a crime, misdemeanor or offence. This word implies a malicious intent, and must be applied to something universally allowed to be a crime.
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