Geburus
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In old English law
A country neighbor; an inhabitant of the same geburscip or village.
Cowell.
GELD (from Saxon gildan; Law Lat. geldum). A payment; tax; tribute. Laws Hen. I. c.
2; Charta Edredi Regis apud Ingulfum, c. 81; Mon. Angl. tit. 1, pp. 52, 211, 379; Id. tit, 2, pp. 161-163; Du Cange; Blount.
The compensation for a crime. We find geld added to the word denoting the offense, or the thing injured or destroyed, and the compound taking the meaning of compensation for that offense, or the value of that thing.
Capitulare 3, Anno 813, cc.
23, 25; Carl. Magn. So, wergeld, the compensation for killing a man, or his value; or f geld, the value of cattle; angeld, the value of a single thing; octogeld, the value eight times over, etc. Du Cange, "Geldum." GELDABILIS (Law Lat.) In old English law. Taxable; geldable. GELDABLE (Law Fr.) Liable to pay geld; liable to be taxed.
Kelham.
GEMMA (Lat.) In the civil law. A gem; a precious stone. Gems were distinguished by their transparency; such as emeralds, chrysolites, amethysts.
Dig. 34. 2. 19. 17.