Gale

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In English law. The right to open and work a mine within the hundred of St. Briavels, or a stone quarry within the open lands of the forest of Dean, in Gloucestershire. The peculiar laws and customs of this district are regulated by St. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 43.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A wind blowing at 40 to 70 miles an hour (see 65 Kan. 390, 58 L. R. A. 399, 69 Pac. 338); the payment of interest, rent or taxes.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The payment of a rent or annuity. Gabiou

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The payment of a rent, tax, duty or annuity. A gale is the right to open and work a mine within the Hundred of St. Briavel's, or a stone quarry within the open lands of the Forest of Dean. The right is a license or interest in the nature of real estate, conditional on the due payment of rent and observance of the obligations imposed on the galee. It follows the ordinary rules as to the devolution and conveyance of real estate. The galee pays the crown a rent known as a "gaieage rent," "royalty," or some similar name, proportionate to the quantity of minerals got from the mine or quarry. Sweet.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The payment of arent, tax, duty, or annuity. A gale is the right to open and work a mine within the Hundred of St. Briavel's, or a ston6 quarry within the open lands of the Forest of Dean. The right is a license or inferest in the nature of rea! estate, coniitional on the due payment of rent and observanee of the obligations imposed on the, galee. It follows the ordinary rules as to the devolution and conveyance of real estate. The galee pays the crown a rent known as a “galeage rent,” “royalty,” or some similar name, proportionate to the quantity of minera's got from the mins or quarry, Sweet.