Giser
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Gyser. L. Fr. [from Lat. jacere.] In old English law. To lie. Giser a meason; to lie or lodge at a house.
Stat. Westm. 1, c. 1.
Giser en langour; to lie sick. Britt. c.
116.
Gisaunte au founs; lying at the bottom. Ne gist en le bouche; it does not lie in the mouth. Litt. sect.
58, 149.
Literally rendered in the Latin of the statute of Westminster 2, (c. 9,) non jacet in ore. The English of this phrase is still used. Gisont; (they) lie. Litt. sect.
10.
To lie, as an action; to be competent. Ou assise ne gist point; when an assise does not lie. Britt. c.
43.
Ou gist atteynte. Id. c.
98.