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Grants or gifts of chattels perfonal are the aft of tranf- 

 ferriiig the right and the poflelTion of them ; whereby one 

 man renounces, and another man immediately acquires, all 

 title and intereil therein : which mav be done either in writ- 

 mc; or by word of mouth, attefted by fufficient evidence 

 (Park. 5".), of which the dciive.-y of pofiefTion is the 

 ftrongoi't and the moll cil'entiaL But this conveyance, when 

 inerely voluntary, is fomewhat fufpicioiis ; and is ufually 

 conllrned to be fraudulent, it creditors or others become 

 fufFerer<: thereby. And, particularly, by ftatute 3 Hen. VII. 

 C. 4. all deeds of gift of goods, made in truft to tlie ufe of 

 t!ie donor, lh;Jl be void ; becaufe otherwife perfons might 

 be tempted to commit treafon or felony, without danger of 

 forfeiture ; and tlie creditors of the donor might alto be 

 defrauded of their right. And by ftatute 13 Eliz. c. 5. 

 every grant or gift of chattels, as well as lands, with an in- 

 tent to defraud creditors or others (3 Rep. 82), (hall be 

 void, as againll fuch perfons to whom fuch fraud would be 

 prejudicial : but, as againft the grantor himfelf, fliall ftand 

 good and effeclual ; and all perfons partakers in, or privy to, 

 fuch fraudulent grants, (hall forfeit the whole value of the 

 goods, one moiety to the king, and another moiety to the 

 party grieved ; and alfo, upon conviction, (hall fuffer impri- 

 lonment for half a year. 



A true and proper gift or grant is always accompanied 

 with delivery of poflcffion, and takes effcft immediately ; as 

 if A. gives to B. ico/ or a flock of flieep,and puts him in 

 poflefllon of them direftly, it is then a gift executed in the 

 donee ; and it is not in the donor's power to retraft it, 

 though he did it without any confideration or recompence 

 (Jenk. 109.) : linleis it be prejudicial to creditors; or the 

 donor were under any legal incapacity, as infancy, coverture, 

 durefs, or the like ; or if he were drawn in, circumvented, 

 or impofed upon by falfe pretences, ebriety, or furpriz;. 

 But if the gift docs not take effect, by delivery of immedi- 

 ate pofTellion, it is then not properly a gift, but a contract; 

 and this a man cannot be compelled to perform, but upon 

 good and fufficient coniideralion. See Coxtkact. 



The conveyance by^//?, " donatio,'' is properly applied 

 to the creation of an eftate-tail, as feoffment is to an eflate 

 in fee, and leafe to that of aneilate for life or years. It dif- 

 fers in nothing from a feoffment, but in the nature of the 

 eilate paffrng by it ; for the operative words of conveyance 

 in this cafe are do or dedi (Weil. Symbol. 256.) ; and gifts 

 in tail are equally imperfecl without li»ery of feifm, as feoff- 

 ments in fee-fimple. (Litt. 5 59.) See Feoffment. This 

 is the only dillinclion which Littleton fcems to take, when 

 he fays (j 57), " it is to be underftood, that there is feoffor 

 and feoffee, donor and donee, leffor and leffee ;" w's. feoffor 

 is applied to a feoffment in fee-fimple, donor to a gift in tail, 

 and lefTor to a leafe for life, or for years, or at will. In com- 

 mon acceptation gifts are frequently confounded with grants. 

 (See Gkant.) Black!>. Com. B.' ii. 



QtllT-day, in Rural Economy, 1% a term implying a boon- 

 day, or a day's work given from the tenant to the lord, or 

 from neighbour to neighbour. 



Gifts, New Tear's. See SXR.^K.?:. 



GIG, Fisii. See FlSH-^/f. 



GIGA, Ital. GiGUE, Fr. a jig, the name of a gay 

 dance, and of its tune. The Crufca Di't. defines this 

 word from Dante, par. 14. Jlrumento 7mif.caU di corde ; 

 a mufical infhument with firings. The Crufca, likewife, 



fays, that it is an inflrumental movement, lo ca led 



Walther's derivation from ©efgc. Germ, a violin, or fiddle, 

 comprehends both the tune and the inftnunent upon wliich, 

 originally, it was raofl frequently played. The time of the 

 fg'ta, or jig, is always quick, and in triplets of |, i, or 'j^. 



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CoreUi's jiffs were long in favour ; but, hcinj ,'„ the fam.? 

 time as moll of our old country-dances, they are aimofl all 

 become vulgy, except the gi^he in his 5th folo, and 4iih 

 fonata, op. ii". 



Rouffeau fays tliat gigues arc now wholly out of fafhion 

 in Italy and France ; but the movement is only improved by- 

 new and more elegant paflagcs : for, whatever is played 

 quick, in triplets of 6, 9, or 1 2 quavers in a bar, is lli'll a 

 S'S"' or j'g- 



GIGAIA, GiGUA, Cm, or Gi^o, in Geography, one of 

 the fmaller wellern iflands of Scotland, about 7 miles long 

 and 2i broad, partly rocky and partly arable, fituated in N. 

 lat. 55- 36'. VV . long. 5 43 , and feparated from the penin- 

 fula of Cant)Te, or Kintyre, by a channel 3i miles broad. 

 There are no trees in this ifland ; but oaks are fometime* 

 dug up in the mcraffcs. Near its centre is Dun-clifs, a high 

 lleep rock, flat at top, which appears to have been a flrong 

 fortification. At Kilcliattan is a rude column, 16 feet high. 

 4 broad, and 8 inches thick, and near it is a cairn. On the 

 weflern (hore, which is bold and rocky, there are two re- 

 markable caves ; and on the S. coafl is a fubterraneous paffage 

 133 feet in length. Between tlie projecting points and funk 

 rocks on the E. coafl are creeks, in which veffels may be 

 lafely moored. This ifland contains 592 inhabitants. 



About i^ mile S. from Gigha, is the ifland Caray, or 

 Cara, near a mile long and half a mile broad, containing 22 

 inhabitants. The fliores are every where high and rocky, 

 except at the N. E. end, where is the only landing place. 

 The Mull of Cara, at the S. end, is a perpendicular rock. 

 167 feet high. At the N. E. end, the foil is a mixture of 

 fliells, fand, and common mould ; the reil of the ifland, at 

 the furface, is a ilratum of peat earth. Between Gigha and 

 Cara is Gigulum, a fmall uninhabited idanj. 



GIGANTES, a clufler of fmall illands among the 

 Philippines, N. W. of Sibu. N. lat. 11" 42'. E. long. 

 123- 20'. 



GIGANTIC. See Giant. 



Gigantic Order, in Arch'ticciure, a name given by Scam- 

 mozzi and others to the Tufcan order. 



GIGANTOMACHIA, the battle of the giants againft 

 the fabulous gods of the ancient heathens. See GiAxr. 



The word is Greek, 7 »rx-.-7oy a;^w, formed of -, i-.a , ■> i^ a>To.-, 

 giant ; and ju^X'' '"'""^''/> of j.ia;^ouj',i, *i/fno, I Jight. 



Several of the poets have compofed gigantomachias : that 

 of Scarron is the fincfl of all his pieces. 



GIGANTOPHONTES, is a name given to Minerva, 

 on account of the alfiilance which (he gave to Jupiter in his 

 contefl with the giants. 



GIGAY, in Geography, a fmall ifland of the Hebrides, 

 on the E. coafl of Barray, yielding tolerable pallure, but 

 difficult of accefs. 



GIGERI. See .Tijei.. 



GIGERIjE, a term ufcd by fome writers to exprcfs 

 the offals of poultry of any kind, including t!ie intelHnes, 

 extremities, and whate^xr elfe is thrown away before the 

 drcfling. See Giblets. 



GIGG, Giga, or Jig, in Mufc and Dancing. See 



GlGA. 



GiGGS, among Farriers, fmall bladders or blillers on 

 the iiifide of a horfc's hps. They mull be laid open, and 

 cleanfed with fait and vinegar, or alum-water. 



GIGGE, in the Manufaclure cf Flaxy denotes a hole 

 made in the earth, where tire is made to dry the llax laid 

 OVlT it. 



GiGGEO, Anthony, in Biography, a learned Italian, 

 v.ho flouriflicd in the early part of the feventecnth cvntury, 

 and was admitted to the degree of dodor by the Ambro- 



