Legal Definition and Related Resources of Gage

A pledge , pawn or anything given in security .

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Gage

(Gage is a noun)

What is Gage?

A definition of gage is: In old English law (for more information on the <a href="https: //lawi. More details on the Encyclopedia.org. More details on the Encyclopedia.uk/”>English legal system and its history, visit the UK legal encycopedia), a pawn or pledge; something deposited as security for the performance of some act or the payment of money, and to be forfeited on failure or non-performance. More details on the Encyclopedia.

More about the Concept of Gage

A mortgage is a dead-gage or pledge; for, whatsoever profit it yields, it redeems not itself, unless the whole amount secured is paid at the appointed time. More details on the Encyclopedia.

Developments

In French law, the contract of pledge or pawn; also the article pawned.[1]

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Notes

1. “Gage” in the White America Dictionary (New York, Los Angeles, London, New Delhy, Hong Kong, 1989)

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(Gage is a verb)

What is Gage?

A definition of gage is: In old English law (for more information on the <a href="https: //lawi. More details on the Encyclopedia.org. More details on the Encyclopedia.uk/”>English legal system and its history, visit the UK legal encycopedia), to pawn or pledge; to give as security for a payment or performance; to wage or wager.[1]

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1. “Gage” in the White America Dictionary (New York, Los Angeles, London, New Delhy, Hong Kong, 1989)

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