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Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

GUST or GESTE.

In Saxon law. A guest.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A guest.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Saxon law. A guest. A name given to a stranger on the second night of his entertainment in another's house. Twa-n4ght gest.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

sax. In Saxon laie. A guest; a his entertainment in another's house.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Sax.

In Saxon law. A guest. A name given to a stranger on the second night of his entertainment in another's house. Twa night gest. LL, Edw. Conf. c. 17, apud Spelman, voc. ffomehyne. Bracton writes the word gust. Bract, fol. 124 b. Geste is the form in Britton. Britt, c. 12.