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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), 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 civil law. Officers appointed to manage hospitals for poor old persons. Clef des Lois Rom. "Administrateurs."

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Civil Law. Officers appointed to manage hospitals for poor old persons. Clef des Lois Rom. Administrateurs. GERSUMA (Sax.). Expense; reward; compensation; wealth; especially, the consideration or fine of a contract; e. g. et pro hoc concessione dedit nobis praedictus Jordanus 100 sol. sterling de gersuma. Old charter, cited Somner, Gavelkind, 177; Tabul. Reg. Ch. 377; 3 Mon. Ang. 720; 3 id. 126. It is also used for a fine or compensation for an offence. 2 Mon. Ang. 973.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the civil law. Officers appointed to manage hospitals for the aged poor.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In the civil law. Officers appointed to manage hospitals for the aged poor.