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Q.abbr.QUESTION(1). • This abbreviation is almost always used in deposition and trial transcripts to denote each question asked by the examining lawyer. [Blacks Law 8th]

gyve (jIv). (usu. pl.) Hist. A shackle for the leg. [Blacks Law 8th]

gynecocracy (gI-n<<schwa>>-kok-r<<schwa>>-see also jin-<<schwa>> or jI-n<< schwa>>-). Government by women; a political state in which women are legally capable of the highest office. — Also spelled gynaecocracy. [Blacks Law 8th]

gwalstow (gwawl-stoh). [fr. Old English gwal “gallows” + stow “place”] Hist. A place where criminals were executed. [Blacks Law 8th]

gun-jumping.Slang. The act of unlawfully soliciting the public’s purchase of securities before the SEC approves a registration statement; the making of offers after the filing of a registration statement, but before its effective date, when such offers violate the Securities Act. — Also termed conditioning the market. See REGISTRATION STATEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

Gun-Free Schools Act.A federal law designed to eliminate weapons in schools. 20 USCA § • The Gun-Free Schools Act provides that each state receiving federal funds under the Act must require school districts to expel for one year any student found to have brought a weapon to school. The Act does, however, provide for a…

gun-control law.A statute or ordinance that regulates the sale, possession, or use of firearms. • Gun-control laws vary widely among the states, and many cities have gun-control ordinances. Federal law restricts and regulates the illegal sale, possession, and use of firearms. 18 USCA §§ 921–930. See BRADY ACT. [Cases: Weapons 3. C.J.S. Weapons §§ 2–8.]…

guilty verdict.See VERDICT. [Blacks Law 8th]

guilty plea.See PLEA(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

guilty mind.See MENS REA. [Blacks Law 8th]