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guest. 1. A person who is entertained or to whom hospitality is extended. 2. A person who pays for services at an establishment, esp. a hotel or restaurant. [Cases: Innkeepers 8. C.J.S. Inns, Hotels and Eating Places § 5.] 3. A nonpaying passenger in a motor vehicle. [Cases: Automobiles 181(2). C.J.S. Motor Vehicles §§ 792,…

guerrilla warfare.See WARFARE. [Blacks Law 8th]

gubernator navis (g[y]oo-b<<schwa>>r-nay-t<<schwa>>r nay-vis). [Latin “ship helmsman”] Roman law. The pilot or steersman of a ship. • The gubernator navis could be sued for damages if he negligently caused a collision. [Blacks Law 8th]

guardianship. 1. The fiduciary relationship between a guardian and a ward or other incapacitated person, whe-reby the guardian assumes the power to make decisions about the ward’s person or property. • A guardianship is almost always an involuntary procedure imposed by the state on the ward. Cf. CONSERVATOR; INTERDIC-TION(2).2. The duties and responsibilities of a…

guardian of the temporalities.Eccles. law. The person to whom custody of the secular possessions of a vacant see or abbey is committed by the Crown. • Temporalities (secular possessions) are the land, revenue, and tene-ments that archbishops and bishops have had annexed to their sees. [Blacks Law 8th]

guardian of the spiritualities.Eccles. law. A person who exercises the spiritual and ecclesiastical jurisdiction of a diocese during a vacancy in the see or the absence of the bishop. [Blacks Law 8th]

guardian of the poor.Hist. A person in charge of the relief and maintenance of the poor in a parish. • Guardians of the poor administered poor-relief funds raised under the Poor Relief Act of • The function is now performed by local authorities. [Blacks Law 8th]

guardian of the cinque ports.See WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS. [Blacks Law 8th]

guardian,n.1. One who has the legal authority and duty to care for another’s person or property, esp. because of the other’s infancy, incapacity, or disability. • A guardian may be appointed either for all purposes or for a specific purpose. — Abbr. gdn. — Also termed custodian. See CONSERVATOR. Cf. WARD(1). [Cases: Guardian and Ward…

guardhouse lawyer.See JAILHOUSE LAWYER. [Blacks Law 8th]