Law Dictionary

Money given by the sheriff to certain court officers when there were no offenders left for execution.

In was an ancient custom on a maiden assize, when there was no offender to be tried, for the sheriff to present the judge with a pair of white gloves. It is an immemorial custom to

Extraordinary rewards formerly given to oiflcers of courts, etc.; money formerly given by the sheriff of a county in which no offenders are left for execution to the clerk of assiz

A hollow between two mountains; a valley or glen. Co. Litt. 5b.

The term "GMD" means a geomagnetic disturbance caused by a solar storm or another naturally occurring phenomenon.

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

wardia, warda, I. I tection.

garentizare, I. I To warrant

gnerpy, I. fr. Abandoned; deserted.

gnarra, gwerra, wer Ta, /. L In old English law. War, either public or private.

L In old English law. A gulf, or deep pit of water.

curtesy of England. An estate to which a man is entitled, on the death of his wife, in lands of which she was seised during cov-

To be dismissed from a court. To issue from a court "The court said a mandamus must go." 1 W. Bl. 50. "Let a supersedeas go." 5 Mod. 421. "The writ may go." 18 C. B. 35. —Go hail.

In old English law. A contrivance or structure for draining waters out of the land into the sea. Callis describes goats as "usual engines erected and bullt with portcullises and do

To become surety in a bail bond.

When a prisoner is arraigned, he is asked, "How will you be tried?" He answers, "By God and my country." This practice arose when the prisoner had the right to choose the mode of t

An ecclesiastical fine.

In ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical or church fine imposed upon an offender for crimes and offenses committed against God.

That which is offered to God or his service. Jacob.

In old English law. Money given to bind a bargain; earnest-money. So called because such money was anciently given to God, — that is, to the church and the poor. See "Denarius Dei.

An old form of "cucking stool" (q. v.). Cowell.

To assume the responsibility of a surety on a bail-band.

To depart from the court; with the further implication that a suitor who is directed to "go hence" is dismissed from further attendance upon the court in respect to the suit or pro

To be discharged. See 40 Neb. 178, 58 N.W. 700.

A term applied to sheep. The “going” of 105 sheep with his master’s flock In a contract with a shepherd meant that the sheep should be pasture fed; Rex v. Inhabitants of Macton, 3

In the language of mariners and in the rules of navigation, a vessel is said to be going "before the wind" when the wind is free as respecte her course, that is, comes from behind

A business establishment which continues to transact its ordinary business, though it may be embarrassed, or even insolvent. 30 Fed. 865,

separate value that its trade routes may have must therefore result from the contribution to the earning capacity of the business of greater skill in management and more effective

The term “going Federal rate of interest” means “going Federal rate” as that term is defined in the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.].

Used of a vessel when she has a fair wind and her yards braced in; The Queen Elizabeth, 100 Fed. 874.

Having the wind course to either side, proceed straight forward or return to the point from which she started; Ward v. The Fashion, Fed. Cas. No. 17,165. It differs technically fro

The prevalent price ; the current market value of the article in question at the time and place of sale. Kelsea v. Haines, 41 N. H. 254.

The term “going private transaction” has the meaning given that term under the rules or regulations of the Commission issued pursuant to section 78m(e) of this title . / The term “

The act of the chief of an English common-law court in demanding of every member of the bar, in order of seniority, if he has anything to move. This was done at the sitting of the

When a party, under the common-law system of pleading, 'finished his pleading by the words, "and of this he puts himself upon the country," this was called "going to the country."

As applied to the property or plant of a manufacturing or industrial corporation. a public-service corporation, etc., this means the value which arises from having an established b

Not infrequently the value of these intangibles will be an aggregate made up of elements too deeply interpenetrated for any specific figure to be set opposite to one of them dissev

One who is going out of the jurisdiction of the court, although only into a state or country under the general sovereignty; as, for example, if he is going from one to another of t

Leopold. Glossary of French judicial terms. [In his work on the French Code of Commerce. 1 vol. 8vo. London, 1880.]

Lat. In old records. A sink or passage for water. 2 Mon. Angl. 610. CowelL

A mine. Blount. A sink or passage for water. Cowell.

Gold certificates under this legislation were required to be issued in denominations of dollars, and called for the payment of dollars. These gold certificates were currency. They

“gold clause” means a provision in or related to an obligation alleging to give the obligee a right to require payment in— (A) gold; (B) a particular United States coin or currency

The term “golden parachute payment” means any payment (or any agreement to make any payment) in the nature of compensation by any credit union for the benefit of any institution-af

In English law. Banker's notes. So called because the trades of banker and goldsmith were originally joined. Chit. Bills, 423.

Bankers' cash notes (i. e., promissory notes given by a banker to his customers as acknowledgments of the receipt of money) were originally called in London "goldsmiths' notes," fr

The term "Gold Star Family member" means an individual described in section 3.3 of Department of Defense Instruction 1348.36.

A mulct or flne in gold.

In Lat. A jester, buffoon or Juggler. Spelman, voc. "Gollar-densis."

In Hindu law. An agent; a steward; a confidential factor; a representative,

The account distinguished from an Month; Time; Year.

I. A putting together, or making up; composition or satisfaction; a statute or ordinance. Compositio mensurarum: the ordinance of measures; an ancient ordinance, mentioned in the s

I. To grant. Concessit (pi, concesserunt): granted. Goncessimus: allowed.

I. In old English patentes: a patentee.

In medical jurisprudence. A venereal disease, characterized by a purulent inflammation of the urethra.

The Gonzales decision, it is evident, turned on the Court's conclusion that the lawsuit was focused on purely internal union matters, i.e., on relations between the individual plai

In this section, the term "good" means any article, natural or manmade substance, material, supply, or manufactured product, including inspection and test equipment, and

See "Abearance."

Those qualified to serve on juries; that is, those of full age, citizens, not infamous or -rvon compos mentis; and they must be resident in the county where the venue is laid. Bac.

the time of capture, and not of condemnation.

A valid deed, but not referring to the validity of the title. See 32 Mass. 546, 26 Am. Dec. 620.

Legally firm: e. g. a good title. Adequate; responsible: e. g. his security is good for the amount of the debt. Webst A note satisfies a warranty of it as a “good” note if the make

Conduct authorized by law. Surety of good behavior might at common law be demanded from any person justly suspected, upon sufficient grounds, of intending to commit a crime or misd

On fair construction the contract requires that the houses should be fit for the habitation of families. No particular degree or kind of finishing is prescribed; but a building can

a showing that the abortion is in the minor's best interests.

See "Consideration."

In Scotch law. Good men of the country. A name given to a jury.

more than merely going through the motions of negotiating; it is inconsistent with a predetermined resolve not to budge from an initial position.

the court must be satisfied that the offer and its acceptance are in good faith and have not been made or procured by forbidden means; that provision manifestly hits at secret adva

The mechanical licensing collective shall not be liable to any person or entity based on a claim arising from its good-faith administration of policies and procedures adopted and i

the defense of good faith and probable cause, which the Court of Appeals found available to the officers in the common-law action for false arrest and imprisonment, is also availab

Good-faith bargaining necessarily requires that claims made by either bargainer should be honest claims. This is true about an asserted inability to pay an increase in wages. If su

Beyond doubt an applicant for insurance should exercise toward the company the same good faith which may be rightly demanded of it. The relationship demands fair dealing by both pa

This proviso is usually referred to as the 'good faith meeting competition' defense. The seller has the burden of bringing himself within the exculpating provision of § 2(b), which

§ 2(b) does not concern itself with pricing systems or even with all the seller's discriminatory prices to buyers. It speaks only of the seller's 'lower' price and of that only to

One who 'wilfully' or 'in bad faith' trespasses on the land of another, and removes minerals, is liable to the owner for their full value computed as of the time the trespasser con

private titles to riparian lands that under Nebraska law, differing from Iowa law, run to the thread of the contiguous stream.

A jury of which the members are selected from the list of special jurors. See L. R. 5 C. P. 155.

[L. Lat. probus homo.] A good and lawful man; (probus et legalis homo.) 3 BL Com. 102. Good men; ( probi or boni homines.) Good and lawful men; {probi et legales homines.) Mag. Cha

A State can require high standards of qualification, such as good moral character or proficiency in its law, before it admits an applicant to the bar, but any qualification must ha

The term "good neighbor agreement" means a cooperative agreement or contract (including a sole source contract) entered into between the Secretary and a Governor or count

“The general statement in a bill of lading that goods have been shipped in ‘good order and condition’ amounts to an admission by the shipowner that, so far as he and his agents had

The reform parliament of 1376.

The term "good payment history" means, with respect to a mortgagor, that the mortgagor has not— (A) made a mortgage payment that was 60 days or longer past due during the

The term “good quality satellite signal” has the meaning given such term under section 342(e)(2) of Communications 4 Act of 1934.

An expression synonymous with and meaning only “of good reputation.” State V. Wheeler, 108 Mo. 658, 665, 18 S. W. 024.

GOODTITLE. The fictitious plaintiff in the old action of ejectment, most frequently called “John Doe,” was sometimes called “Goodright” or “Goodtitle.”

The fictitious plaintiff in the old action of ejectment, most frequently called "John Doe," was sometimes called "Goodright" or "Goodtitle."

goods (including ships and marine equipment), wares, products, commodities, merchandise, or articles or subjects of commerce of any character, or any part or ingredient thereof, bu

WARES, AND MERCHANDISE. A phrase used in the statute of frauds, covering, generally, all classes of personal property. Fixtures do not come within it. 1 Cromp., M. & R. 275; 3 Tyrw

it is hornbook tort law that one who undertakes to warn the public of danger and thereby induces reliance must perform his 'good Samaritan' task in a careful manner.

The term "good Samaritan reduced price" means, with respect to the price of an apparently wholesome food or apparently fit grocery product, a price that is an amount not

The term "good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission" means a search conducted by an eligible organization or individual for 1 or more missing individuals believed to be

In Contracts. A term which includes not only personal property in possession, but choses in action and chattels real, as a lease for years of house or land, or emblements. 12 Coke,

A phrase used to designate the action of assumpsit brought on a contract of sale, where the purchaser has not accepted delivery of the goods.

the term “goods or technology” means— (A) nuclear materials and equipment and sensitive nuclear technology (as such terms are defined in section 3203 of this title), all export ite

A phrase used to indicate the action of assumpsit brought when the sale and delivery of goods furnish the cause.

the term “good subject to Chile FTA drawback” has the meaning given that term in section 203(a) of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act.

For purposes of this Act and the amendments made by subsection (b), the term “good subject to NAFTA drawback” means any imported good other than the following: (1) A good entered u

the term “good subject to USMCA drawback” has the meaning given that term in section 4534(a) of this title; / For purposes of this Act, the term “good subject to USMCA drawback” me