Giving Time
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An agreement by which a creditor gives his debtor a delay or time in paying his debt beyond that contained in the original agreement. When other persons are responsible to him, either as drawer, indorser, or surety, if such time be given without the consent of the,latter,_ it discharges them for responsibility to him. GLADIUS (Lat.) In old Latin authors, and in the Norman laws, this word was used to signify supreme jurisdiction, — jtie gladii GLANS (Lat.) In the civil law. Acorns or nuts of the oak or other trees.
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