Law Dictionary Definitions

QCF.abbr.QUARE CLAUSUM FREGIT. [Blacks Law 8th]

Q.C.abbr.QUEEN’S COUNSEL. [Blacks Law 8th]

  Q.B.D.abbr.QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION. [Blacks Law 8th]

Q.B.abbr.QUEEN’S BENCH. [Blacks Law 8th]

Q-and-A.abbr.QUESTION-AND-ANSWER. [Blacks Law 8th]

Q.abbr.QUESTION(1). • This abbreviation is almost always used in deposition and trial transcripts to denote each question asked by the examining lawyer. [Blacks Law 8th]

gyve (jIv). (usu. pl.) Hist. A shackle for the leg. [Blacks Law 8th]

gynecocracy (gI-n<<schwa>>-kok-r<<schwa>>-see also jin-<<schwa>> or jI-n<< schwa>>-). Government by women; a political state in which women are legally capable of the highest office. — Also spelled gynaecocracy. [Blacks Law 8th]

gwalstow (gwawl-stoh). [fr. Old English gwal “gallows” + stow “place”] Hist. A place where criminals were executed. [Blacks Law 8th]

gun-jumping.Slang. The act of unlawfully soliciting the public’s purchase of securities before the SEC approves a registration statement; the making of offers after the filing of a registration statement, but before its effective date, when such offers violate the Securities Act. — Also termed conditioning the market. See REGISTRATION STATEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]