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Definition of Grand Serjeanty A variety of land tenure resembling knight’sservice, where certain honorary services were rendered to the person of the King, such as carrying his banner or acting as his marshall. These incidents were retained when knight’s-service was abolished in 1660, and are […]

Definition of Ground Rent See Rent Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Ground Rent in the Dictionaries, Ground Rent in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, Find […]

Definition of Grant (1) The assurance or transfer of the ownership of property, as distinguished from the delivery or transfer of the property itself. A conveyance is a deed of grant.It was the appropriate word for the conveyance of incorporeal hereditaments incapable of livery of seisin. By […]

Definition of Gray’s Inn One of the Inns of Court (q.v.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Gray’s Inn in the Dictionaries, Gray’s Inn in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal […]

Definition of Great Council The Magnum Concilium. The assembly of the lords of the kingdom after the Conquest in place of the Anglo-Saxon Witenagemot, from which developed the House of Lords Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Great Council in the […]

Definition of Great Northern Railway Co. V. Swaffield ((1874), L. R. 9 Ex. 132). An agent of necessity can recover his expenses incurred on behalf of the principal.A horse was consigned to Sandy, but the address was unknown, and expenses were incurred by placing the horse in livery stables to […]

Definition of Great Northern Railway Co. V. Witham ((1873), L. R. 9 C. P. 16). Held, that a continuing offer such as a tender may be accepted until revoked Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Great Northern Railway Co. V. Witham in the Dictionaries, […]

Definition of Great Seal By the Union with Scotland Act, 1706, it is provided that there shall be one Great Seal for the United Kingdom, to be used for sealing writs to elect and summon the Parliament, and for sealing all treaties with foreign States, and all public arts, instruments and […]

Definition of Gregory V. Duke Of Brunswick ((1843), 1 C. & K. 24). Held, that it is a tort for persons to cause an actor to be dismissed from his employment by conspiring to hire, and hiring, persons to drive him off the stage by hissing and hooting him, irrespective of the merits of his…

Definition of Gretna Green After Lord Hardwicke’s Act it was impossible to contract a valid marriage in England without either banns or special licence ; but in Scotland it continued to be the law that consent of the parties in the presence of witnesses was sufficient to constitute a valid […]