Grace
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
DAYS OF. See "Days of Grace." GRADATIM (Lat.) In old English law. By degrees or steps; step by step; from one degree to another. Bracton, fol.
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GRADUS (Lat. a step). A measure of space. Vicat. A degree of relationship (rfistantia cognatorum).
Heinec. Elem. Jur. Civ. § 1B3; Bracton, fols. 134, 374; Fleta, lib. 6, c. 2, § 1; Id. lib. 4, c. 17, § 4.
A step or degree generally; e. g., gradus honorum, degrees of honor. Vicat. A pulpit; a year; a generation.
Du Cange
A port; any place where a vessel can be brought to land. Du Cange.