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GIC. See guaranteed investment contract under INVESTMENT CONTRACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

gibbet law.See HALIFAX LAW. [Blacks Law 8th]

gibbet (jib-it), n. Hist. A post with one arm extending from the top, from which criminals are either executed by hanging or suspended after death as a warning to other potential offenders; a type of gallows. double gibbet.A gibbet with two arms extending from its top so that it resembles a capital “T.” [Blacks Law…

get-up. See TRADE DRESS. [Blacks Law 8th]

get,n.1. A rabbinical divorce; a Jewish divorce. 2. Under Jewish law, a document signed by a rabbi to grant a divorce. • Under Jewish law, a Jewish divorce can be obtained only after the husband has given the get to the wife, who must voluntarily accept it. — Also spelled gett. Pl. gittin.See rabbinical divorce…

gesture. A motion of the body calculated to express a thought or emphasize a certain point . [Blacks Law 8th]

gestum (jes-t<<schwa>>m), n. [Latin] Roman law. A deed or an act; a thing done. • Gestum is synonymous with factum. See FACTUM(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

gestu et fama (jes-t[y]oo et fay-m<<schwa>>). [Latin “demeanor and reputation”] Hist. A writ used by a person who had been imprisoned because of a poor reputation in the community to gain release from jail pending the arrival of justices with commissions of gaol delivery. See COMMISSION OF GAOL DELIVERY. [Blacks Law 8th]

gestor (jes-tor), n. [Latin] Roman law. 1. One who carries on a business. 2.NEGOTIORUM GESTOR. Pl. gestores. [Blacks Law 8th]

gestio pro haerede (jes-chee-oh proh her-<<schwa>>-dee). [Latin “behavior as heir”] Roman & Hist. Scots law. An appointed heir’s conduct (such as selling or leasing the decedent’s property) that indicates the heir’s intent to receive the inheritance and thereby take on the estate’s debts; behavior as an heir. — Also spelled gestio pro herede. [Blacks Law…