Geburus
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old English law. A country neighbor; an inhabitant of the same geburscip or village. Cowell. GELD (from Saxon gildan; Law Lat. geldum). A payment; tax; tribute. Laws Hen. I. c. 2; Charta Edredi Regis apud Ingulfum, c. 81; Mon. Angl. tit. 1, pp. 52, 211, 379; Id. tit, 2, pp. 161-163; Du Cange; Blount. The compensation for a crime. We find geld added to the word denoting the offense, or the thing injured or destroyed, and the compound taking the meaning of compensation for that offense, or the value of that thing. Capitulare 3, Anno 813, cc. 23, 25; Carl. Magn. So, wergeld, the compensation for killing a man, or his value; or f geld, the value of cattle; angeld, the value of a single thing; octogeld, the value eight times over, etc. Du Cange, "Geldum." GELDABILIS (Law Lat.)
In old English law. Taxable; geldable. GELDABLE (Law Fr.) Liable to pay geld; liable to be taxed. Kelham. GEMMA (Lat.)
In the civil law. A gem; a precious stone. Gems were distinguished by their transparency; such as emeralds, chrysolites, amethysts. Dig. 34. 2. 19. 17.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Old English Law. A country neighbor; an inhabitant of the same gaburscript, or village. Cowell. GELD (from Sax. gildan; Law Lat. geldum). A payment, tax, tribute.' Laws of Hen. I. c. 2; Charta Edredl Regis apud Ingulfum, c. 81; Mon. Ang. t. 1, pp. 52, 211, 379; t. 2, p. IGl; Du Cange; Blount. A land tax of so much per hide or carucate. Maitl. Domesday Book 120. The compensation for a crime. We find geld added to the word denoting the offence, or the thing injured or destroyed, and the compound taking the meaning of compensation for that offence or the value of that thing. Capitulare 3, anno 813, cc. 23, 25; Carl Magn. So, wergcld, the compensation for killing a man, or his value; orfgeld the value of cattle; angeld, the value of a single thing; octogeld, the value eight times over, etc. Du Cange, Qeldum.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. I.
In old English law. A country neighbor; an inhabitant of the same geburscip, or village.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [Sax. gehure.l In old English law. A country neighbour; an inhabitant of the same geburscip, ox village. Cowell, 68