Gremio

In Spanish law. The union of merchants, artisans, laborers, or other persons who follow the same pursuits, and are governed by the same regulations. The word "guild," in English, has nearly the same signification. GREMIUM (Lat.) Bosom. Ainsworth. De gremio mittere, to send from their bosom; used of one sent by an ecclesiastical corporation or body. A latere mittere, to send from his side, or one sent by an individual; as, a legate sent by the pope. Du Cange. In English law, an inheritance is said to be in gremio legis, in the bosom or under the protection of the law, when it is in abeyance.

See In Nubibus.