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2561 Etymology dictionary, p. grantor (n.).2
in legal language, "person who makes a grant or conveyance," 1620s, from Anglo-French grantor, Old French graanter agent noun from granter "give; agree, consent; admit; permit" (see grant (v.)). Native form granter (n.) is attested from c. 1400.
2562 Etymology dictionary, p. grievous (adj.).2
c. 1300, from Anglo-French grevous (Old French grevos ) "heavy, large, weighty; hard, difficult, toilsome," from grief (see grief ). Legal term grievous bodily harm attested from 1803.
2563 Etymology dictionary, p. guardian (n.).2
… .). Specific legal sense is from 1510s. Guardian angel is from 1630s.
2564 Etymology dictionary, p. habeas corpus (n.).2
… being legally detained. From habeas, second person singular present subjunctive of habere "to have, to hold" (from PIE root *ghabh- "to give or receive") + corpus "person …
2565 Etymology dictionary, p. hang (v.).3
… in legal language (which tends to be conservative) in reference to capital punishment and in metaphors extended from it ( I'll be hanged ).
2566 Etymology dictionary, p. Hebe (1).2
c. 1600, Greek goddess of youth, daughter of Zeus and Hera, wife of Hercules, from Greek hēbē "youth, youthful prime, strength of youth" (legally, "the time before manhood," in Athens 16, in Sparta 18), from PIE *yeg-wa- "power, youth, strength."
2567 Etymology dictionary, p. heredity (n.).2
… "widow"). Legal sense of "inheritable quality or character" first recorded 1784; the modern biological sense "transmission of qualities from parents to offspring …
2568 Etymology dictionary, p. hetaera (n.).3
Typically a slave or foreign woman devoted to private or public entertainment. In Athens, where citizens could legally marry only daughters of full citizens, opposed to "lawful wife," and thus embracing everything from "concubine" to "courtesan."
2569 Etymology dictionary, p. hodgepodge (n.).2
… -French legal term meaning "collection of property in a common 'pot' before dividing it equally" (late 13c.), from Old French hochepot "stew, soup." First element from …
2570 Etymology dictionary, p. hold (v.).3
… some legal jargon and in beholden .
2571 Etymology dictionary, p. hue (n.2).2
… -French legal term meaning "outcry calling for pursuit of a felon" (the Medieval Latin version is huesium et clamor ); extended sense of "cry of alarm" is 1580s.
2572 Etymology dictionary, p. ignoramus (n.).2
… -French legal term (early 15c.), from Latin ignoramus "we take no notice of, we do not know," first person plural present indicative of ignorare "not to know, take no …
2573 Etymology dictionary, p. illegal (adj.).2
… (see legal ). Term illegal immigrant first recorded 1892 in American English ( illegal immigration is from 1887); used in British English in 1940s in reference …
2574 Etymology dictionary, p. immoral (adj.).2
1650s, "not consistent with moral law or standards, ethically wrong," from assimilated form of in- (1) "not" + moral (adj.). In legal language it tends to mean merely "contrary to common good or reasonable order." Related: Immorally .
2575 Etymology dictionary, p. impeachment (n.).2
… , hindrance; (legal) impeachment," from empeechier "to hinder, impede" (see impeach ). As a judicial proceeding on charges of maladministration against a public …
2576 Etymology dictionary, p. implement (v.).2
… a legal term meaning "fulfillment," from implement (n.). It spawned implementation, which is recorded by 1913. Related: Implemented; implementing .
2577 Etymology dictionary, p. in absentia (adv.).2
Latin, literally "in (his/her/their) absence" (see absence ). By 1831 in English, earlier in legal Latin.
2578 Etymology dictionary, p. incapacity (n.).2
… a legal term (1640s), "lack of qualification," referring to inability to take, receive, or deal with in some way.
2579 Etymology dictionary, p. incapacitate (v.).2
1650s in a legal sense; 1660s in general use, "deprive of natural power," from incapacity + -ate. Related: Incapacitated; incapacitating .
2580 Etymology dictionary, p. inclosure (n.).2
variant of enclosure preserved in some legal uses. Related: Inclosure .