Posts by admin

gentes (jen-teez), n. [Latin] Roman law. The peoples or nations of the world, particularly the civilized peoples. [Blacks Law 8th]

gens (jenz), n.[Latin] Roman law. A clan or group of families who share the same name and (supposedly) a common ancestor; extended family. • Members of a gens are freeborn and possess full civic rights. Pl. gentes. “A wider group still is the gens, of great importance in early law though its importance was gone…

genotype.Patents. The genetic makeup of a living organism. • A patent on living matter must disclose its genotype rather than just describe its physical characteristics (phenotype) or behavior. Cf. PHENOTYPE. — genotypic,adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

Genoese lottery (jen-oh-eezor -ees). See LOTTERY. [Blacks Law 8th]

  genocide (jen-<<schwa>>-sId).Int’l law. An international crime involving acts causing serious physical and mental harm with the intent to destroy, partially or entirely, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. • The widely ratified Genocide Convention of 1948 defines the crime. The International Criminal Court has jurisdiction to try those accused of genocide. Many nations…

Geneva Phonograms Convention.A 1971 treaty requiring signatories to protect phonorecord producers against piracy and the importation of pirated copies, by copyright protection, unfair-competition law, or criminal sanc-tions. • The treaty was drafted by representatives from WIPO and UNESCO to correct weaknesses in the Rome Convention. — Also termed Convention for the Protection of Producers of…

  Geneva Conventions of 1949 (j<<schwa>>-nee-v<<schwa>>). Four international agreements dealing with the protection of wounded members of the armed forces, the treatment of prisoners of war, and the protection of civilians during international armed conflicts. • Common Article 3 of the Conventions proclaims certain minimum standards of treatment that are applicable to noninternational armed conflicts.…

genetic parent.See biological parent under PARENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

genetic mother.See biological mother under MOTHER. [Blacks Law 8th]

genetic-marker test.A medical method of testing tissue samples used in paternity and illegitimacy cases to de-termine whether a particular man could be the father of a child. • This test represents a medical advance over blood-grouping tests. It analyzes DNA and is much more precise in assessing the probability of paternity. — Abbr. GMT. See…