Gentlewoman, * This word is unknown to the law in the United States, and is but little used. In England it was, formerly, a good addition of the state or degree of a woman. 2 Inst. 667.

* From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1856 Edition. Please see Bouvier's Legal Abbreviations & Abbreviated References for help with obscure nomenclature & references.

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