In the civil and old English law. A measure of space. A degree of relationship.A step or degree generally; e. g., gradus lionorum, degrees of honor. Vicat. A pulpit; a year; a generation. Du Cange. A port; any place where a vessel can be brought to land. Du Cange.
A pedigree; a table of relationship.
In old English law. A graffer, notary, or scrivener. St. 5 Hen. VIII. c. 1.
A notary or scrivener. See St 5 Hen. VIII. c. 1. The word is a corruption of the French “greffler,” (q. v.)
A writing-book, register, or cartulary of deeds and evidences. Cowell.
A baron, inferior to a count. A fiscal judge. An advocate. Spelman; Cowell.
A term used In equity to denote the confirmation, by relation back, of theright of a mortgagee in premises to which, at the making of the mortgage, themortgagor had only an imperfect title, but to which the latter has since acquired a good title.
In Troy weight, the twenty- fourth part of a pennyweight Any kind of cornsown in the ground.
An ancient duty in London under which the twentieth part of salt imported by aliens was taken.
The general group of EXCHANGETRADED DERIVATIVES referencing wheat, corn, soybeans, maize, and sorghum. See also COMMODITY DERIVATIVE, SOFTS.