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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

As used in various compound legal terms, this word generally means extraordinary, that is, exceeding the common or ordinary measure or standard, in respect to physical size or importance, dignity, etc. See Gulf, etc., R. Co. v. Smith, 87 Tex. 348, 28 S. W. 520.

Great cattle. All manner of beasts except sheep and yearlings. 2 Rolle, 173.

Great charter. Magna Charta, (q. v.) As to great "Care," "Ponds," "Seal," "Tithes," see those titles.