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Ley Gager

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Wager of law; an offer to make an oath denying the cause of action of the plaintiflF, confirmed by compurgators (q. v.), which oath used to be allowed in certain cases. When it was accomplished, it was called the "doing of the law," fesans de ley. Termes de la Ley, "Ley"; 2 Barn. & C. 538; 3 Bos. & P. 297; 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c 42, § 16.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To wage law. See Wager of law.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Wager of law. An offer to make an oath denying the cause of action of the plaintiff, confirmed by compurgatora (g. V.), which oath was allowed in certain cases. When it was accomplished, it was called the “doing of the law,” "fesana de ley." Termea de la Ley; 2 B. & C. 538; 3 B. & P. 297. LEYE8 DE ESTILLO. In Spanish Law. Laws of the age. A book of explanations of the Fuero Real, to the uuinber of 250 formed under the authority of Alonzo X. and his son Sancho, and of Fernando el Emplazado, and published at the end of the 13th century or beginning of the 14th; some of them gre inserted in the New Recopilacion. 1 New Recop. 354.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Law wager; wager of law ; the giving of gage or security by a defendant that he would make or perfect his law at a certain day. Litt. § 514; Co.. Litt. 294b, 295a.

Defined under Ley in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Fr. Law wager; wager of law; the giving of gage or security by a defendant that he would make or perfect hia law at a certain day. Litt. § 514; Co. Litt. 294), 295a,

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

Wager of law, (q. v-)