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Lat. In old English law. A gaol. Bract. fol. 100, 110. Ad gaolam deliberandam; ad gaolas deliberandas; for delivering a gaol or gaols. Id. ibid. Reg. Jud. 30. Committatur gaolae de
I. I. In old English law. A gaol.
- Gaol deliverydefined inBallentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
The trial and disposition of all the prisoners in a jail.
Fr. In old English law. A gaol. Envoye a nostre gaole; sent to our gaol. Britt. c. 15. Le pleyntyfe soit mys en la gaole, et illonqspuny par prison et par Jin; the plaintiff shall
- Gaolerdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
The keeper of a gaol or prison; one who has the legal custody of the place where prisoners are kept. It is his duty to keep the prisoners in safe custody, and for this purpose he m
(fee. See De clerico convicto, <fec. CLERICO INFRA SACROS OR-
or GAOL LIMITS. A space, marked out by limits, which is considered as a part of the prison, and within which prisoners are allowed to go at large on giving security to return. Owin
A district around a gaol, defined by limits, within which prisoners are allowed to go at large on giving security to return. It is considered a part of the gaol.
Same as Gaol liberties.
In old English law and practice. A taking orseizure; arrest; receiving; holding of court.
or GARANTIA (Law Lat.) A warranty. Spelman. GARATHINX (Lomb.) In old Lombardic law. A gift; a free or absolute gift; a gift of the whole of a thing. Spelman.
A warranty. Spelman.
garraant, garant, L fr. In old English upon, or who might be called upon to warrant party warranting. Garaunt que luy est tenu rantor who is bound to him to warrant
garannty, I. fr. Warranty.
Garandia, Garantum. L. Lat. [In English law, tvarrantia, toarrantum; Lomb. toarens; Sax. spec, toarenda, warendatio: all from the Sax. weeren, to keep or protect.] In Norman law. A
In French law, this word corresponds to warranty or covenants for title in English law. In the case of a sale this garantie includes two things: (1) Peaceful possession of the thin
A gift.
A warranty.
To warrant.
- Garauntordefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
A warrantor or vouchee, who is obliged by his warranty {garaurvtie) to warrant (garaunter) the title of the warrantee (garaunte), that is, to defend him in his seisin, and if he do
A sheaf of grain.
the term “garbage” means all waste material derived in whole or in part from the meat of any animal (including fish and poultry) or other animal material, and other refuse of any c
In Scotch law. Tithes of corn, (grain.) Bell.
Tithes of grain.
A sheaf of arrows, containing twenty-four, Otherwise called “sehajfa sayittarum.” Skene,
In old English statutes. To sort or cull out the good from the bad in spices, drugs, etc. Cowell; Blount.
An ancient officer in the city of London, who might enter into any shop, warehouse, etc., to view and search drugs and spices, and garble and
The practice of taking out good coins for melting and keeping the worn ones in circulation.
Servants who follow a camp. Wals. 242.
Groom of the stole,
A ward of a city.
Custody; ward; care or keeping.
- Gardeindefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
A guardian. Britt. c. 35, 81. Used as an English word in Co. Litt. 38b.
A piece of ground appropriated to raising plants and flowers. A garden is a parcel of a house, and passes with it. 2 Coke, 32; Plowd. 171; Co. Litt. 5b, 56a, 56b. But see P. Moore,
See Agriculture. GAIlin:SH.3 1. To warn, make aware, notify. 2. To attach property or a debt due or belonging to a defendant. Garnishee. One warned by legal process in respect to t
Fr. To keep. Sauvemmt gardes; safely kept. Britt. c. 87.
Fr. A guardian. Britt. c. 35. See Gardein. A garden. Britt, c. 53.
L. Fr. Custody; wardship.
A guardian; a warden.
I. fr. In old English law. Warden. warden of the Fleet
A garden.
It. Fr. Wardship; care; custody; also the ward of a city.
A warren, which see.
Fr. A warren; a privileged place for keeping animals.
A sheaf of arrows, containing twenty-four. Otherwise calied "schaf-fa sagittarum." Skene.
state courts must defer to the exclusive competence of the National Labor Relations Board in cases in which the activity that is the subject matter of the litigation is arguably su
Fr. [from garner, q. v.] Furniture; clothing; a garment. Obligacion doit estre vestue de v. maneres de garnementz; obligation may be clothed in five kinds of garments. Britt. c. 28
garnir, I. fr. To ward, or give notice time for preparation; to furnish or provide
In Old English Law. Victuals, arms, and other implements of war, necessary for the defence of a town. Mat. Par. 1250. See Gabnistuba.
- Garnishdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
In English Law. Money paid by a prisoner to his fellow prisoners on his entrance into prison. To warn. To garnish the heir is to warn the heir. Obsolete. In Practice. To attach by
In Englist), law. Money paid by a into gaol.
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As a general rule, a garnishee is not bound to pay interest, because he is liable to be called on to pay at all times.
A proceeding by which the creditor takes the debtor’s position with respect to the latter’s debtor, the garnishee. See 31 Kan. 180, 47 Am. Rep. 497, 1 Pac. 622.
Same as Garnishment.
Fr. To warn or summon. Kelham.
Same as garnishment.
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any legal or equitable procedure through which the earnings of any individual are required to be withheld for payment of any debt.
In the process of attachment. A warning to a person not to pay money or deliver property to another, but to appear and answer a plaintiff creditor's suit. Cowell. Blount, voc. Garn
Substituted service on a nonresident by publication furnishes no legal basis for a judgment in personam. But garnishment or foreign attachment is a proceeding quasi in rem. The thi
- Garnisturadefined inCyclopedic (1922)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
In old English law. Garniture; whatever is necessary for the fortification of a city or campj or for the ornament of a thing. 8 Rymer, 328; Du Cange; Cowell; Blount.
Same as Garrote.
A warrant.
Fr. To warrant. Co. Litt, 365 a. See Garaunter,
A warranty.
I. fr. A warrantor, or person called
Fr. A warrantor, or person called upon to warrant. Stat. Gloc. c. 12.
garrantir, I. fr. To warrant
A warren.
Garren, Garreyn. L. Fr. A warren; a place for keeping and preserving animals. Britt, c* 33, 42, 53. Kelham. See Garene.
A capital punishment for crime in some countries by strangulation with an iron collar compressed by means of a screw, or by severing the spinal cord in like manner.
A method of inflicting the death penalty on convicted criminals practised in Spain. Portugal, and some Spanish-American countries, consisting in strangulation by means of an iron c
In old English law. A fine or
In old English law. An amerciament or flne. Cowell.
In old English law. An amerciament or fine. Cowell. See "Gressume"; "Grossome"; "Gersume."
See "Knights of the Garter."
not a member of the college. Scotland is placed under an officer called "Lyon King-at-Arms," and Ireland is the province of one named "Ulster." Wharton.
- Garthdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
In English Law. A yard; a little close or homestead in the north of England. Cowell; Blount. A dam or wear in a river, for the catching of fish. Id.
I. fr. Furniture; clothing; a
In old Scotch law. Warder. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 8.
“gas” means natural gas, flammable gas, or toxic or corrosive gas;
Gasachms. (L. Lat.) In old European law. An adversary in a cause. L. Salic, tit. 52, § 2. Spelman.
See Monopoly; Police, 2. '
The term “gas consumer” means any person, State agency, or Federal agency, to which natural gas is sold other than for purposes of resale.
(Carbon Monoxide, Chlorine). Irritant* poisons, when taken in ordinary doses, occasion speedily violent vomiting and purging, preceded, accompanied, or followed by intense pain in
The term “gaseous diffusion plants” means the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant at Paducah, Kentucky and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant at Piketon, Ohio.
The term “gasification technology” means any process which converts a solid or liquid product from coal, petroleum residue, biomass, or other materials which are recovered for thei
Gasindius. L. Lat. [from Fr. case, a house, and Sax. hynde, a servant.] In old European law. A house or domestic servant. Marculf. lib. 2, form. 26. Spelman. A family or household,
The term “gasoline”— (A) includes any gasoline blend, other than qualified methanol or ethanol fuel (as defined in section 4041(b)(2)(B)), partially exempt methanol or ethanol fuel
For purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), the term “gasoline blend stock” means any petroleum product component of gasoline.
For purposes of this subsection, the term “gasoline gallon equivalent” means, with respect to any nonliquid alternative fuel, the amount of such fuel having a Btu content of 124,80
“gas pipeline facility” includes a pipeline, a right of way, a facility, a building, or equipment used in transporting gas or treating gas during its transportation;
Waste, which see.
A steward or bailiff. Spelman. Also applied to higher officers, as a governor of a city. In the book of feuds it seems to have been used in the sense of "warden." GASTINE (Law Fr.)
A temporary governor of the country. Blount A steward or bailiff. Spel. Gloss. G AST EL (L. Fr.). Wastel; wastelbread; the finest kind of wheat bread. Britt c. 80; Kelham. 6A8TINE
L. Fr. Wastel; wastel bread; the finest sort of wheat bread. Britt, c. 30; Kelham.
I. I In old law. A castle; a fortified place.
To waste.
Waste land.
The term “gas utility” means any person, State agency, or Federal agency, engaged in the local distribution of natural gas, and the sale of natural gas to any ultimate consumer of
The term “gas utility company” means any company that owns or operates facilities used for distribution at retail (other than the distribution only in enclosed portable containers