A child born in lawful wed-lock ; also one born to betrothed but unmarried parents. Spelman
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A llquid measure, containing 231 cublc Inches, or four qunrts. The im-perial gallon contalns about 277, and the ale gallon 282, cublc inches. Hollender v. Ma-gone (C. C.) 38 Fed. 914; Nichols v. Beard (C. C.) 15 Fed. 437
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A scaffold; a beam laid over either one or two posts, from which malefactors are hanged
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In old Scotch law. Amends or compensation for slaughter. Bell
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A kind of coin which, with susklns and doltkins, was for-bidden
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In old English law. A soke-man ; one who occupied or cultivated arable land, old Nat. Brev. fol. 12
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The gain or profit of tilled or planted land, raised by cultivating it; and the draught, plow, and furniture for carrying on the work of tillage by the baser klnd of sokemen or villeins. Bract. 1. 1. c. 9
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Tillage, or the profit arising from lt, or from the beasts employed therein
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Profits; winnings; Increment of value, Gray v. Darlington, 15 wall. 65, 21
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The same word as “gabel” or “gavel.” Rent; tax; interest of money
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Property subject to the gaffoldgild, or liable to be taxed. Scott
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A rent; a tax. Domesday; Du Cange. The gable-end of a house. Cow-ell
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Rent paid in money. Seld. Tlt. Hon. 321
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Persons who paid gabel, rent, or tribute. Domesday; Cowell
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£>ax. In Anglo-Saxon law. The military array or land force of the whole country. Contribution to the fyrd was one of the imposts forming tbe trinoda necessitas. (Also spelled “ferd” and “flrd.”
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An excise; a tax on movables; a rent, custom, or service. Co. Litt. 213. —Land gabel. See Land
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In old Scotch law. To defile; to declare foul or defiled. Hence, to find a prisoner guilty
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