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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

An erection on which to hang criminals condemned to death. GAM ACTA (Law Lat.) In old European law. A stroke or blow. L. Boior, tit.

2, c. 4; Spelman.

GAMALIS (Law Lat.) In old European law. A child born in lawful wedlock; also one born to betrothed, but unmarried, parents.

Spelman.