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ery prisoner in jail when the judges, upon their circuit, arrive at the place for holding court, and for discharging any whom the grand jury fail to indict. [Eng.] -- Gaol delivery. (Law) See Jail delivery, under Jail.

Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter.

The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body, public assembly, court, masonic body, etc.

Gentleness; courtesy; kindness; nobility. [Obs.] Chaucer.

y or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect, dignity, courage, courtesy, politeness of manner, a graceful and easy mien and behavior, etc.; good breeding.

Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well- behaved; courteous; polite.

Courtesy; civility; complaisance. [Obs.] To show us so much gentry and good will. Shak.

To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court.

o servants, professedly to buy gloves with. (b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts; also, a fee given by the sheriff of a country to the clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are no offenders to be executed. -- Glove sponge (Zoöl.), a fine and soft variety of commercial sponges (Spongia offici…

an act of favor; to honor. He might, at his pleasure, grace or disgrace whom he would in court. Knolles.

In a gracious manner; courteously; benignantly. Dryden.

days (Eng. Law), certain days in the terms which are observed as holidays in the inns of court and chancery (Candlemas, Ascension, St. John Baptist's, and All Saints' Days); called also Dies non juridici. -- Grand duchess. (a) The wife or widow of a grand duke. (b) A lady having the sovereignty of a duchy in her own…

A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred…

the mother of the child. Blockstone. Guardian ad litem ( (Law), a guardian appointed by a court of justice to conduct a particular suit. -- Guardians of the poor, the members of a board appointed or elected to care for the relief of the poor within a township, or district.

ath; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler. I wish . . . you 'ld guide me to your sovereign's court. Shak.

To fetter; to shackle; to chain. Spenser. I will gyve thee in thine own courtship. Shak.

A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial. Bouvier.…

The permanent court of arbitration created by the "International Convention for the Pacific Settle of International Disputes.", adopted by the International Peace Conference of 1899. It is composed of persons of known competency in questions of international law, nominated by the signatory powers. From these persons an…

n Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts. [Written also hayduck, heiduc, heiduck, and heyduk.]

A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house. Cowell.