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Gurges

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Gurges, a deep pit of water, a gors or gulf, consisteth of water and land; and therefore by the grant thereof by that name the soil doth pass. In Domesday it is called guort, gort, and gors plurally. Co. Litt. 5b.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lab Properly a whirlpool, but in old English law and 'conveyancing, a deep pit filled with water, distinguished from "stagnum," which was a shallow pool or pond. Co. Litt 5; Johnson v. Rayner, 6 Gray (Mass.) 107.