Law Dictionary Definitions

guild rent.See RENT(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

guildhall.Hist. 1. The meeting place of a guild. — Also spelled gildhall. 2. The chief hall of a city, used for holding court and the meetings of the municipal corporation. [Blacks Law 8th]

guild. 1. A group of persons sharing a common vocation who unite to regulate the affairs of their trade in order to protect and promote their common vocation; specif., a voluntary society or fraternity of persons employed in the same trade or craft, formed for the mutual benefit and protection of its members, who pay…

guidage.Hist. 1. A toll or fee for guiding a traveler through strange or dangerous territory. 2. The act of guiding a traveler through strange or dangerous territory. [Blacks Law 8th]

guest statute.A law that bars a nonpaying passenger in a noncommercial vehicle from suing the host-driver for damages resulting from the driver’s ordinary negligence. • Though once common, guest statutes remain in force in only a few states. — Also termed automobile-guest statute. Cf. FAMILY-PURPOSE RULE . [Cases: Automobiles 181. C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 791.]…

guest. 1. A person who is entertained or to whom hospitality is extended. 2. A person who pays for services at an establishment, esp. a hotel or restaurant. [Cases: Innkeepers 8. C.J.S. Inns, Hotels and Eating Places § 5.] 3. A nonpaying passenger in a motor vehicle. [Cases: Automobiles 181(2). C.J.S. Motor Vehicles §§ 792,…

guerrilla warfare.See WARFARE. [Blacks Law 8th]

gubernator navis (g[y]oo-b<<schwa>>r-nay-t<<schwa>>r nay-vis). [Latin “ship helmsman”] Roman law. The pilot or steersman of a ship. • The gubernator navis could be sued for damages if he negligently caused a collision. [Blacks Law 8th]

guardianship. 1. The fiduciary relationship between a guardian and a ward or other incapacitated person, whe-reby the guardian assumes the power to make decisions about the ward’s person or property. • A guardianship is almost always an involuntary procedure imposed by the state on the ward. Cf. CONSERVATOR; INTERDIC-TION(2).2. The duties and responsibilities of a…

guardian of the temporalities.Eccles. law. The person to whom custody of the secular possessions of a vacant see or abbey is committed by the Crown. • Temporalities (secular possessions) are the land, revenue, and tene-ments that archbishops and bishops have had annexed to their sees. [Blacks Law 8th]