GOUT, med. jur. contracts. An inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints.2. In cases of insurance on lives, when there is warrant...
GOOD AND LAWFUL MEN, probi et legales homines. The law requires that those who serve on juries shall be good. and lawful men; by which is understood t...
GLOUCESTER, STATUTE OF. An English statute, passed 6 Edw. I., A. D., 1278; so called, because it was passed at Gloucester. There were other statutes m...
GIVER, contracts. He who makes a gift. (q. v.) By his gift, the giver always impliedly agrees with the donee that he will not revoke the gift.GIVING I...
GIFT INTER Vivos. A gift made from one or more persons, without any prospect of immediate death, to one or more others.2. These gifts are so called to...
GERMAN, relations, germanus. Whole or entire, as respects genealogy or descent; thus, "brother-german," denotes one who is brother both by t...
GEORGIA. The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. George the Second granted a charter to Lord Percival, and twenty othe...
GENERAL SHIP. One which is employed by the master or owners, on a particular voyage, and is hired by a number of persons, unconnected with each other,...
GENERAL ISSUE, pleading. A plea which traverses or denies at once the whole indictment or declaration, without offering any special matter, to evade i...
GENDER. That which designates the sexes.2. As a general rule, when the masculine is used it includes the feminine, as, man (q. v.) sometimes includes ...