Law Dictionary Definitions

greve. See REEVE. [Blacks Law 8th]

Gretna Green marriage.See MARRIAGE(1).  [Blacks Law 8th]

  gressume (gres-<<schwa>>m).Hist. A fine paid by a copyhold tenant upon the transfer of a copyhold estate, esp. upon the death of the lord. — Also spelled grasson; grassum; grossome; gersum. [Blacks Law 8th]

Gresham’s law.The principle that inferior products or practices tend to displace superior ones. This economic principle is popularly attributed to Sir Thomas Gresham (1519–1579), even though earlier writers such as Oresme and Copernicus discussed it. [Blacks Law 8th]

G reorganization.See REORGANIZATION(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

  Grenville Act.Hist. A statute that transferred jurisdiction of parliamentary election petitions from the whole House of Commons to select committees. • The Act was passed in 1770 and repealed in 1828.  [Blacks Law 8th]

  gremio legis, in.See IN GREMIO LEGIS. [Blacks Law 8th]

  gremio juris, in.See IN GREMIO JURIS. [Blacks Law 8th]

  Gregorian Code.See CODEX GREGORIANUS. [Blacks Law 8th]

Gregorian calendar.See NEW STYLE. [Blacks Law 8th]