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gestio (jes-chee-oh), n. [Latin] Roman law. 1. Behavior or conduct. See GESTIO PRO HAEREDE . 2. The management of a thing, esp. a transaction. See NEGOTIORUM GESTIO . [Blacks Law 8th]

gestational surrogate.See surrogate mother (1) under MOTHER. [Blacks Law 8th]

gestational surrogacy.See SURROGACY. [Blacks Law 8th]

gestational mother.See birth mother under MOTHER. [Blacks Law 8th]

GESTATIONAL CARRIER   gestational carrier.See surrogate mother (1) under MOTHER. [Blacks Law 8th]

Geschmacksmuster. [German] Patents. See design patent under PATENT(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

gersumarius (j<<schwa>>r-s[y]<<schwa>>-mair-ee-<<schwa>>s), adj.. Hist. Finable; liable to be fined at the discretion of a feudal superior. • A villein who gave his daughter in marriage was gersumarius — he was liable to pay a fine to the lord. [Blacks Law 8th]

gersum (g<<schwa>>r-s<<schwa>>m).Hist. 1. Money paid for a thing; specif., compensation paid by a tenant to a superior on entering a holding; GRESSUME. 2. A penalty or amercement paid for an offense. — Also spelled garsumme; gersuma; gersume. [Blacks Law 8th]

gerrymandering (jer-ee-man-d<<schwa>>r-ing orger-ee-), n.1. The practice of dividing a geographical area into electoral districts, often of highly irregular shape, to give one political party an unfair advantage by diluting the opposition’s voting strength. • When Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry ran for reelection in 1812, members of his political party, the Anti-Federalists, altered the state’s voting…

germanus (j<<schwa>>r-may-n<<schwa>>s). [Latin] Roman law. 1.adj. Having the same father and mother. See frater germanus under FRATER. 2.n. A whole brother; a child of both of one’s own parents. [Blacks Law 8th]