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Glove Silver in United States Glove Silver Definition 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 assize and judges’ officers. Jacob. Glove Silver in Foreign […]

Gloves in United States Gloves Definition 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 remove the glove from the right hand on taking oath. Whartonr. Gloves […]

Glyn in United States Glyn Definition A hollow between two mountains; a valley or glen Co. Litt. 5b. Glyn in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Glyn, Glyn in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Glyn, Glyn in the European Legal Encyclopedia., Glyn, Glyn in the Asian Legal […]

Gleaning in United States Gleaning Definition 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 the poor are allowed to enter and glean upon another’s land after […]

Gleba in United States Gleba Definition 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 (solum et dos ecclesiae). Spelman. See Glebe. Gleba in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Gleba, Gleba in the […]

Glebae Ascriptitii in United States Glebae Ascriptitii Definition See Adscriptlti Glebae Ascriptitii in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Glebae Ascriptitii, Glebae Ascriptitii in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Glebae Ascriptitii, Glebae Ascriptitii in the European Legal […]

Glebarie in United States Glebarie Definition Turf or peat. Cowell. Glebarie in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Glebarie, Glebarie in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Glebarie, Glebarie in the European Legal Encyclopedia., Glebarie, Glebarie in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia., […]

Glebe in United States Glebe Definition 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 of an inheritance. There were serfs of the glebe, called glebae addicti. […]

Glos in United States Glos Definition (Lat.) In civil law. A husband’s sister. Dig. 38. 10. 4. 6. Glos in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Glos, Glos in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Glos, Glos in the European Legal Encyclopedia., Glos, Glos in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia., […]

Gloss in United States Gloss Definition (Lat. glossa). Interpretation; comment; explanation; remark intended to illustrate a subject, especially the text of an author. See Webster. In Civil Law. Glossae, or glossemwta, were words which needed explanation. Calv. Lex. The explanations of such […]

Glossa Viperina Est Quae Corrodit Viscera Textus in United States Glossa Viperina Est Quae Corrodit Viscera Textus Definition That is a viperine gloss which eats out the vitals of the text. 10 Coke, 70; 2 Bulst. 79. Glossa Viperina Est Quae Corrodit Viscera Textus in Foreign Legal […]

Glomerells in United States Glomerells Definition Commissioners appointed to determine differences between scholars in a school or university and the townsmen of the place. Jacob. Glomerells in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Glomerells, Glomerells in the World Legal […]

Glossator in United States Glossator Definition A commentator or annotator of the Roman law. One of the authors of the Gloss. Glossator in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Glossator, Glossator in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Glossator, Glossator in the European Legal […]

Glanville in United States Glanville Definition 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 Customs of England). The older writers are generally agreed that […]

Glavea in United States Glavea Definition A hand dart. Cowell. Glavea in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Glavea, Glavea in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Glavea, Glavea in the European Legal Encyclopedia., Glavea, Glavea in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia., Glavea, Glavea in […]