Tag: GA

  • Garnishee

    Definition of Garnishee A person in whose hands a debt has been attached. See Attachment Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Garnishee in the Dictionaries, Garnishee in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European […]

  • Garnishee Order

    Definition of Garnishee Order An order served on a garnishee attaching a debt in his hands. See Attachment Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Garnishee Order in the Dictionaries, Garnishee Order in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse […]

  • Garnons V. Knight

    Definition of Garnons V. Knight ((1826), 5 B. & C. 671). Held, that where a party to any instrument seals it arid declares in the presence of witnesses that he delivers it as his deed, but keeps it in his own possession, and there is nothing to show that the executing party did not intend…

  • Garrotting

    Definition of Garrotting Choking, in order to rob, etc. Punishable under the Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 21, and the Garrotters Act, 1863 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Garrotting in the Dictionaries, Garrotting in our legal […]

  • Garter, Order Of

    Definition of Garter, Order Of The most distinguished order of knighthood. (K.G.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Garter, Order Of in the Dictionaries, Garter, Order Of in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European […]

  • Garth

    Definition of Garth An enclosure ; a yard ; a weir or dam Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Garth in the Dictionaries, Garth in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal […]

  • Garth V. Cotton

    Definition of Garth V. Cotton ((1750), 1 Ves. 524, 546). Garth, the father of the plaintiff, was tenant of lands for ninety-nine years, if he should so long live, without impeachment of waste, except voluntary waste ; remainder to trustees during his life to preserve contingent remainders ; […]

  • Gavel

    Definition of Gavel Payment of tribute to a superior; rent Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Gavel in the Dictionaries, Gavel in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal […]

  • Gage

    Definition of Gage A pledge or pawn. See Mortgage Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Gage in the Dictionaries, Gage in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, Find […]

  • Gavel Kind

    Definition of Gavel Kind A variety of customary land tenure in Kent. Its principal incidents were (a) the land descended on intestacy to all the sons of the tenant equally ; (b) the right of the widow or widower of a deceased tenant to have half the land for dower or curtesy until a second…