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Gager Deliverance

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One who had distrained and was sued, but had delivered the cattle distrained, was obliged not only to avow the distress but also to furnish pledge or surety to deliver them, or, as it was called, gager deliverance, literally, to deposit or undertake for the discharge. See Fitz. N. B. 67; Kelham, Diet.