A Dictionary of Law

Pioneers. Jacob.

In the civil and old English law. Land; land or ground generally; land, without considering its specific use; land, including buildings generally; a farm.

Money expended tn procuring the interment of a corpse.

Ano intention of stealing.

A fork. A gallows or gibbet. Bract. fol. 56.

In old English law. Gallows and pit, or pit and gallows. A term used in ancient charters to signify a jurisdiction of punishing thieves, viz., men by hanging, women by drowning. Sp

A fine or mulet paid for theft.. Furiosi nulla yoluntas est. A madman has no will. Dig. 50, 17, 40; Broom, Max. 314,

In Scotchlaw. Madness, as distinguished from fatuity or idiocy.

A furlong, or a furrow one-eighth part of a milelong. Ca, Litt. 5d.

A measure of length, being forty poles, or one-eiglith of a mile.

Leave of absence; especlally, leave given to a military or naval officer, or soldier or seaman, to be absent from service tor « certain time. Also the document granting leave of ab

Lat. In the civillaw. A manifest thief. A thief who is taken in the very act of stealing.

This term includes that which furnishes, or with which anything is furnished or supplied; whatever must be supplied to a house, a room, or the like, to make it habitable, convenien

Thisterm Includes everything with which a ship requires to be furnished or equipped to make her seaworthy; it comprehends all articles furnished by ship-chandlers, which are almost

Formerly an inn of chancery. See Inns OF CHANCERY. Furor contrahi mairimonium non ainit, quia consensu opus est. Insanity 1 Ves. & 13. 140; 1 Bl. Comm. 489; 4 Jobns. Ch. 543, 345.

Inold Englishlaw. Time to advise or take counsel. Jacob,

A second or subsequent loan of money to a mortgagor by a mortyagee, either upon the same security as the original loan was advanced upon, or an additional security. Equity consider

COVE-

In English practice, upon a motion for judgment or application for a new trial, the court may, if it shall be of opinion that it has not sufficient materials before it to enablo it

When a master ordinary in chancery made a report in pursuance of a decree or decrelal order, the cause was again set down before the judge who made the decree or order, to be proce

In practice. Hearing at another time. FURTHER MAINTENANCE OF

Inold Englishlaw. Stealthlly; by stealth. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38, § 3.

Lat. Theft. The fraudu- Jent appropriation to one’s self of the property of another, withan intention to commit theft without the consent of the owner. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 36; Bract. f

In Roman law. The theft which was disclosed where, upon searching any one in the presence of witnesses in due form, the thing stolen was discovered in his possession. Furtum est co

In Secotehlaw. An aggravated degree of theft, anciently punished with death. It still remains an open point what amount of value raises the theft to this serious denomination. 1 Br

Open theft. Theft where a thief ts caught with the property in his possession. LBracé. fol. 1506, Furtum non est ubi initinm habet detentionis per dominium rei. 3 Inst. 107. There

In the civil law. Offered theft. Obdlatuwm furtum dicitur cum ves furtiva ab aliquo tibt oblata sit, eaqgue apud te concepta sit. Theft is called “oblatum” when a thing stolen is o

Inold English law. A beating with sticks or clubs; one of the ancient kinds of punishment of malefactors. Bract. fol. 1048, lib. 3, tr. 1, ¢. 6.

In old English law. A staff, used in making livery of seisin. Braet, fol. 40. A baton, elup, or cudgel.

In Scotch law. A debt which is created, but which will not be-

One of the fines incurred for homicide.

<A bow-net for catching fish. Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1291.

In old Scotch law. To defile; to declare toul or defiled. Hence, to find a prisoner guilty.

In old Scotch practice. Fyled; found guilty. See Fy.

Sax. An offense or trespass fur which the fine or compensation wus reserved fo theking’s pleasure. Its nature is not known.

The military array or land force of the whole country. Contribution to the fyrd was one of the imposts forming the trinoda necessitas. FYRD-WiTH. The fine incurred by Go G. Inthe L

A tax or duty on personalty. Cowell; Spelman.

Persons who paid gavel, rent, or tribute. Domesday; Cowell.

The payment of custom or tribute. Scott.

Property subject to the galffoldgild, or liable to be taxed. Scott.

The same word as “gabel” or “oavel.” Rent; tax; interest of monoy.

». Inold Englishlaw. Topawn or pledge; to give as security for a payment or performance; to wage or wager,

Profits; winnings; increment of value.

The gain or profit of tilled or planted land, raised by cultivating it; and the dranght, plow, and furniture for carrying on the work of tillage by the baser kind of sokemen or vil

Tillage, or the profit arising from it, or from the beasts employed therein.

<A thick wood. Spelman.

The payment of arent, tax, duty, or annuity. A gale is the right to open and work a mine within the Hundred of St. Briavel's, or a ston6 quarry within the open lands of the Forest

In old records. A_ piratical vessel; a galley.

Inold Scotechlaw. Amends or compensation for slaughter. Bell.

A kind of coin which, with suskins and doitkins, was forbidden by St. 3 Hen. V. ec. 1.

A cock-shoot, or cock-glade.

A liquid measure, containing 231 cubic inches, or four quarts. The tmperial gallon contains about 277, and tha ale gallon 282, cubic inclies.

A scaffold; a beam laid over either one or two posts, from which malefactors are hanged.

In old European law. A NM

A child born in lawful wedlock; also one born to betrothed but unmarried parents. Spelman.

The word “gamble” is perhaps the most apt and substantial to convey the idea of unlawful play that our language affords. It is inclusive of hazarding and betting as well as playing

One who follows or practices games of chance or skill, with the expectation and purpose of thereby winning money or other property. 113 Mass, 193.

A machine or contrivance of any kind for the playing of an unlawful game of chance or hazard.

In life insurance. One issued to a person, as benoliciary, who has no pecuniary interest in the life insured. Otherwise called a “wager policy.” 50 Mo. 47.

Birds and beasts of a wild nature, obtained by fowling and hunting. Bacon, Abr. See 11 Metc. (Mass.) 79. The term is said to include (in England) hares, pheasants, partridges, grou

One who has the care of keeping and preserving the game on an estate, being appointed thereto by a lord of @ manor.

Laws passed for the preservation of game. They usually forbid the killing of specified game during certain seasons or by certain described means..As to English game-laws, see 2 Ste

The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling; the playing at any game of hazard. An agreement between two or more persons to play togetherat a game of chance

In criminal law. Honses in which gambling is carried on as the business of the occupants, and which are frequented by persons forthat purpose. They are nuisances, in the eyes of th

In Spanish law. A species of community in property enjoyed by husband and wife, the properly being divisible between them equally on a dissolution of the marriage. 1 Burge, Confl.

In Spanish law. Gains or profits resulting from the employment of property held by husband and wife in common, White, New Kecop. b. 1, tit. 7, c. 5.

Officers in ancient times whose business if was to examine weights and measures. Skene.

(pronounced “gauntlett.”} A military punishment, in which the criminal running between the ranks receives tlash from each man. Ene. Lond. This was called “running the gauntlett.”

A prison for temporary confine. There is said to be a distinction between “gaol” and “prison,” the former being a place for tempotary or provisional confinement, or for the punishm

In criminal law. The delivery or clearing of a gacl of the pris- Nn oners confined therein, by trying them. A cominission of general gaol delivery is one of the four commissions un

The master or keeper of a prison; one who has the custody of a place where prisoners are confined.

GAOL LIMITS. A district around a gaol, defined by limits, within which prisoners are allowed to go at ee large on giving security toreturn. It is considered a part of the gaol.

In old English law and practice. A taking orseizure; arrest; receiving; holding of court.

or GARANTIA. A warranty. Spelman.

In French law. This eee word corresponds to warranty or covenants ee for title in English law. In the case of a sale this garantie extends to two things: (1) Peaceful possession of

In old Lombardie law. A gift; a free or absolute gift; a gift of the whole of athing. Spelman.

Fr. Inold English law. A warrantor of land; a vouchee; one bound by a warranty to defend the title and seisin of his alienee, or, on default thereof, and yn eviction of the tenant,

Inold Englishlaw. A bundle orsheaf. Blade in garbis, corn or grain in sheaves. Keg. Orig. 96; Bract. fol. 209.

A sheaf of arrows, containing twenty-four, Otherwise called “sehajfa sayittarum.” Skene,

In English statutes. Tosort or cull out the good from the bad in spices, drugs, ete. Cowell.

An ancient officer in the city of London, who might enter into any shop, warehouse, ete., to view and seurch drugs and spices, and garble and make clean the same, or see that itbed

Servants who follow a camp. Wals. 242.

or GARDE. Wardship; care; custody; also the ward of a city,

A keeper; a guardian.

<Asmall piece of land, appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.

Custody; wardship.

Inold Englishlaw. A guardian, defender, or protector. In feudal law, gardio. Spelman. A warden. Gardianus ecclesia, a churchwarden. Gardianus quingue portuum, warden of the Cinque

Inold English law. A garden. Rog. Orig. 1d, 2.

Fr. A warren; a privileged place for keeping animals.

In old English law. Victuals, arms, and other implements of war, necessary for the defense of a town or castle, Mat. Par. 1250.

mn. In Englishlaw. Money paid by a prisoner to his fellow-prisoners on his entrance inte prison.

». To warn or summon. To issue process of garnishment against a person.

One garnished; a person against whom process of garnishment is issued; one who has money or property in his possession belonging toa defendant, or who owes the defendant a debt, wh

In the process of atto pay the money or deliver the property of the defendant in his hands to him, but to appear and unswer the plaintifi’s suit. Drake, Attachm. § 451. - A. “garni

In old English law. Garniture; whatever is necessary for the fortification of a city or cump, or for the ornament ofa thing. 8 Rymer, 328; Du Cange; Cowell; Blount.

In old Englishlaw. An amerciament or fine. Cowell.

A string or ribbon by which the stocking is held upon theleg. The mark of the highest order of English knighthood, ranking next after the nobility. ‘This military order of knightho

Fr. Wastel; wastel bread; the finest sort of wheat bread. Britt. ec. 30; Kkelham.

Fr. Waste or uncultivated ground. Lritt. c. 57.

Inold English law. <A sokeman; one who occupied or cultivated arable land. Old Nat. Brey. fol. 12.