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GBMI.abbr.GUILTY BUT MENTALLY ILL. [Blacks Law 8th]

  g.b.h.abbr.Grievous bodily harm. See serious bodily injury under INJURY. [Blacks Law 8th]

  gazumping (g<<schwa>>-z<<schwa>>mp-ing).BrE Slang. The improper sale of a house, usu. by raising the price after accepting an offer. • Gazumping can take different forms, the usual one being when a seller raises the price after accepting the buyer’s offer. But it may also occur when a competing buyer makes a higher bid than the…

Gazette (g<<schwa>>-zet). An official newspaper of the British government in which acts of State, Crown ap-pointments, notices of bankruptcy, and other legal matters are reported. • Although the London Gazette is the most famous, there are also publications called the Edinburgh Gazette and the Belfast Gazette with similar purposes. [Blacks Law 8th]

  gay marriage.See same-sex marriage under MARRIAGE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

  gavelwerk (gav-<<schwa>>l-w<<schwa>>rk).Hist. Customary service, either by the tenant’s own hands or with the aid of the tenant’s carts or carriages. [Blacks Law 8th]

  gavel through.Parliamentary law. To put (a question) to a vote before any member can obtain the floor. • The practice of “gaveling through” a motion is improper under parliamentary law. “It should be noted that, under legitimate parliamentary procedure, there is no such thing as ‘gaveling through’ a measure. The right of members to…

gavelrep (gav-<<schwa>>l-reep).Hist. A tenant’s duty to reap the lord’s fields at the lord’s command; bederepe. — Also spelled gavelrip. [Blacks Law 8th]

gavelmed (gav-<<schwa>>l-meed).Hist. A tenant’s customary service of mowing the lord’s meadowland or grass for hay. — Also spelled gavelmead.[Blacks Law 8th]

  gavelman (gav-<<schwa>>l-m<<schwa>>n).Hist. A tenant who is liable for money rent in addition to a custo-mary service to the lord. • A gavelman was formerly a villein who had been released from villenage in consider-ation of money rent. — Also termed gaveling man.