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gaol. See JAIL.[Blacks Law 8th]

GAO.abbr.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE.[Blacks Law 8th]

gantlet (gawnt-lit). [fr. Swedish gata “lane” + lopp “course”] 1.Hist. A former military punishment in which the offender was stripped to the waist and forced to run between two rows of soldiers who gave him lashes as he passed. 2. A series of severe troubles or difficulties; an ordeal. — Also spelled gauntlet; (archaically) gantlope.[Blacks…

Ganser’s syndrome (gahn-z<<schwa>>r organ-s<<schwa>>r). An abnormality characterized by the giving of irrelevant and nonsensical answers to questions. • Prisoners have been known to feign this syndrome in an attempt to obtain leniency.[Blacks Law 8th]

gangster. A member of a criminal gang or an organized-crime syndicate.[Blacks Law 8th]

gangland. The world of criminal gangs and organized crime.[Blacks Law 8th]

gang. A group of persons who go about together or act in concert, esp. for antisocial or criminal purposes. • Many gangs (esp. those made up of adolescents) have common identifying signs and symbols, such as hand signals and distinctive colors. — Also termed street gang.[Blacks Law 8th]

G & A.abbr.See general administrative expense under EXPENSE.[Blacks Law 8th]

ganancial (g<<schwa>>-nan-sh<<schwa>>l), adj. Of, relating to, or consisting of community property <a spouse’s ganancial rights>. See COMMUNITY PROPERTY. [Cases: Husband and Wife 246–276(9).] “The Spanish [more correctly, the Castilian] form of community property, called the ‘ganancial’ system, is found today in nine states of the United States, the Spanish-American republics of Central and South America,…

gaming room.See GAMBLING PLACE.[Blacks Law 8th]