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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.