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The essence of a gift by trust is the abandonment of control over the property put in trust. The separable interests transferred are not gifts to the extent that power remains to r

gifts causa mortis, which are made in anticipation of impending death, are revocable, and are defeated if the donor survives the apprehended peril

The term “gift certificate” means an electronic promise that is— (i) redeemable at a single merchant or an affiliated group of merchants that share the same name, mark, or logo; (i

A typical 'gift enterprise' differs from this in that it involves the purchase of merchandise or other property; the purchaser receives, in addition to the merchandise or other pro

In its plan and scope the tax is one imposed on transfers at death or made in contemplation of death and is measured by the value at death of the interest which is transferred. One

The term “gift loan” means any below-market loan where the forgoing of interest is in the nature of a gift.

(Scotch) The crown’s gift of property of a bastard dying intestate and without heirs.

A voluntary and gratuitous transfer of a chattel or chose in action; which to be valid and binding, must either be accompanied by the solemnity of a deed, or by that of actual deli

In Swedish law. He who has a right to dispose of a woman in marriage. This right is vested in the father, if living; if dead, in the mother. They may nominate a person in their pla

In this section, the term “gift or donation” means any gift or donation of funds, materials (including research materials), real or personal property, or services (including lectur

Payments to Mrs. Pardee by the fiduciary were not necessarily made from income. The charge was upon the estate as a whole; her claim was payable without regard to income received b

Gifts, however, is a generic word of broad connotation, taking coloration from the context of the particular statute in which it may appear. Its plain meaning in its present settin

such gifts are motivated by the same considerations as lead to testamentary dispositions of property, and made as substitutes for such dispositions without awaiting death, when tra

is a gift made from one or more persons, without any prospect of immediate death, to one or more others. These gifts are so called to distinguish them from gifts causa mortis, (vid

The tax is a primary and personal liability of the donor, is an excise upon his act of making the transfer, is measured by the value of the property passing from the donor, and att

A gift of an aggregate sum to a body of persons, uncertain in number at the time of the gift, to be ascertained at a future time, and who are to take in equal or in some other defi

See "Guild."

See "Geldable."

In old English law. A his share.

A feast; a drinking bout.

guildable, geldable. In old or contributory; liable to pay tax

A mercantile company or corporation.

A gild merchant, or merchant gild; a gild, corporation, or company of merchants. 10 Coke, 30.

See "Guildhall." GILDA MERCATORIA (Law Lat.) A mercantile meeting. If the king once grants to a set of men to have gildam mercatoriam, a mercantile meeting or assembly, this is alo

gnildhalla, L I. In old behave or conduct; to act, strictly administer. Gerere pro hajrede: blood; of the nearest degree. law. A price, reward or sum of of goods; a fine or conside

A company of merchants. See Gilda mercatoria.

In Saxon law. Member of a gild or decennary. Oftener spelled "congildo." Du Cange; Spelman, "Geldum."

Lat. In old European law, A gild or company. Spelman, voc. Geldum, This word is of frequent occurrence in the laws of the Franks, Lombards, and other early nations of Europe. Id. i

In old English law. A rent nity. trirtll and sanctuary. In old Scots law. ers, where the murder was committed an^ in heat of passion.

certain payments to the crown from any Gild or fraternity.

Same as Gilravage.

A beguiler; a betrayer.

To ravage; to plunder.

The term “gilt” means a young female swine that has not produced a litter.

Gipwicus, Gippus. L. Lat. Ipswich, in England. 2 Ld, Raym, 1239. 2 Salk, 434.

or GIRANTE. In common law. An Italian word, which signifies the drawer. It is derived from girare, to draw, in the same manner as the English verb to murder is transformed into mur

A girth, or yard, is a measure of length. The word is of Saxon origin, taken from the circumference of the human body. Girth is contracted from girdeth, and signifies as much as gi

In Scotch law. A refuge or place of safety given to those who had slain a man in heat of passion (chaude melle), and unpremeditatedly. Abolished at the Reformation. 1 Hume, Hist. E

In this section, the term “GIS” means geographic information systems technology that facilitates the organization and management of data with a geographic component. / For purposes

Resting; lying.

Guisarmes. L. Fr. In old English statutes. A kind of axe or halbert; a bill. Stat. Winton, 13 £dw. I. Spelman.

A pledge.

Agistment; cattle taken in to graze at a certain price; also the money received for grazing cattle. Rapalje & L. GISER (Law Fr.) In old English law. To lie. Giser et mason, to lie

To lie; to rest.

An agister. See "Gisement."

An agister; a person who takes cattle to graze.

In Saxon law. A pledge. Fred-gisle, a pledge of peace. Qislehert, an lllus-trious pledge.

The pith; the principal point involved. See 127 Ala. 149, 28 South. 593.

Inold Englishlaw. Taxable, tributary, or contributory; liable to pay tax or tribute. Cowell; Bicunt.

A term used in deeds of conveyance. At common law, it implied a covenant. 2 Hilliard, Real Prop. 366. So in Kentucky. 1 Pirtle, Dig. 211. In Maryland and Alabama it is doubtful. 7

These words, in a will, import a benefit in point of right, to take effect upon the decease of the testator and proof of the will, unless it is made in terms to depend upon some co

To furnish or put in bail or security for one's appearance

To admit an apparent or colorable right in the opposite party. See Color.

To render, pronounce, or declare the judgment of the court in an action at law; not spoken of a judgment obtained by confession. Schuster v. Rader, 13 Colo. 329, 22 Pac. 505.

To communicate to another, in any proper or permissible legal manner, information or warning of an existing fact or state of facts or (more usually) of some intended future action.

He who makes a gift. By his gift the giver always impliedly agrees with the donee that he will not revoke the gift.

the power to compel the execution of handwriting exemplars.

an obligation to "create" a handwriting exemplar.

The act of a creditor in extending the time for the payment or satisfaction of a claim beyond the time stipulated in the original contract. If done without the consent of the suret

In the rules of navigation, one vessel is said to "give way" to another when she deviates from her course in such a manner and to such an extent as to allow the other to pass witho

In Louisiana. A term which signifies that a debtor, instead of paying a debt he owes in money, satisfies his creditor by giving in payment a movable or immovable. See "Dation en Pa

A ceremony by gift of finger rings by a barrister on being made a serjeant-at-law.

An agreement by which a creditor gives his debtor a delay or time in paying his debt beyond that contained in the original agreement. When other persons are responsible to him, eit

A little sword or dagger; a kind of sedge. Mat Paris.

Lat. A sword. An ancient emblem of defense. Hence the ancient earls or comites (the king's attendants, advisers, and associates in his government) were made by being girt with swor

A sword, lance or horseman's staff. One of the weapons allowed in a trial by combat.

In the civll law. Acorns or nuts of the oak or other trees. In a larger sense, all fruits of trees.

"J Holdsw. Hist. E. L. !M. "It is to my mind much t< and it is a regret which I believe every judge on the bench shares, that text-books are more and more Quoted in court — I mean,

The author of the treatise Be Angline, the most ancient book in the 1181, and containing the forms of writs

The author of the oldest treatise on English law, written in Latin, about A. D. 1181, under the title of Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae (A Treatise of the Laws and

A term used in St 1 Jac. L c. 7, for wandering rogues or vagrants.

A hand dart. Cowell.

The term “gleaner” means an entity that— (A) collects edible, surplus food that would be thrown away and distributes the food to agencies or nonprofit organizations that feed the h

The act of gathering such grain in a field where it grew as may have been left by the reapers after the sheaves were gathered. There is a custom in England, it is said, by which th

In the Civil Law. A turf, sod, or clod of earth; the soil or ground; cultivated land in general. In Old English Law. Church land

See "Adscriptlti."

Turfs dug out of the ground. Cowell.

In Ecclesiastical Law. The land which belongs to a church. It is the dowry of the church. Gleba est terra qua consistit dos ecclesiae. 9 Cranch (U. S.) 329. In Civil Law. The soil

YVillein-socmen, who could not be removed from the lazd while they did the service due. Lract. c. 7; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 269.

In Saxon law. A fraternity.

The term “Global AIDS Coordinator” means the Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally.

The term “Global Alliance for Tuberculosis Drug Development” means the public-private partnership that brings together leaders in health, science, philanthropy, and private industr

The term &quot;global catastrophic and existential threats&quot; means threats that with varying likelihood may produce consequences severe enough to result in systemic failure or

The term &quot;global catastrophic risk&quot; means the risk of events or incidents consequential enough to significantly harm or set back human civilization at the global scale.

“global change” means changes in the global environment (including alterations in climate, land productivity, oceans or other water resources, atmospheric chemistry, and ecological

“global change research” means study, monitoring, assessment, prediction, and information management activities to describe and understand— (A) the interactive physical, chemical,

The term “Global Food Security Strategy” means the strategy developed and implemented pursuant to section 9304(a) of this title .

The term “Global Fund” means the public-private partnership known as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria established pursuant to Article 80 of the Swiss Civil C

The term “global maritime distress and safety services” or “GMDSS” means the automated ship-to-shore distress alerting system which uses satellite and advanced terrestrial systems

In this section, the term &quot;global nuclear detection architecture&quot; means the global nuclear detection architecture developed under section 592 of this title.

The term “Global Tuberculosis Drug Facility (GDF)” means the new initiative of the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership to increase access to high-quality tuberculosis drugs to facilitate

Commissioners appointed to determine differences between scholars in a school or university and the townsmen of the place. Jacob.

Lat. In the civil law. A husband's sister. Dig. 38, 10, 4, 6.

A translation; an explanation; an interpretation.

A gloss.

A commentator or annotator of the Roman law. One of the authors of the Gloss.

It is a poisonous gloss which corrupts the essence of the text.

Statute of. See Costs.

STATUTE OF. An English statute, passed 6 Edw. I., A. D. 1278. So called because it was passed at Gloucester. There were other statutes made at Gloucester which do not bear this nam

A boxing or sparring exhibition, as distinguished from a prize-fight. See 46 La. Ann. 935, 24 L. R. A. 452, 15 South. 190.