GOUT

In medical jurisprudence. An inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints.

In Medical Jurisprudence. A nutritional disorder associated with an excessive formation of uric acid, and char- acterized by attacks of acute inflammation of the joints, by the gradual deposit of urate of sodium in and about the joints, and by the occurrence of irregular con- stitutional symptoms. Osler, Practice of Med. In case of insurance on lives, when there is warranty of health, it seems that a man subject to the gout is capable of being in- sured, if he has no sickness at the time to make it an unequal contract; 2 Park, Ins. 650. GOVERNMENT (Lat. gubernaculum, a rudder. The Romans compared the state to a vessel, and applied the term gubernator, helmsman, to the leader or actual ruler of a state. From the Latin, this word has passed into most of the modern European languages). That institution or aggregate of institutions by which a state makes and carries out those rules of action which are necessary to enable men to live in a social state, or which are imposed upon the people forming a state. We understand, in modern political science, by state, in its widest sense, an independent society, acknowledging no superior, and by the term govern- ment, that institution or aggregate of institutions by which that society makes and carries out those rules of action which are necessary to enable men to live in a social state, or which are imposed upon the people forming that society by those who pos- sess the power or authority of prescribing them. Government is the aggregate of authorities which rule a society. By administration, again, we un- derstand in modern times, and especially in more or less free countries, the aggregate of those persons in whose hands the reins of government are for the time-being (the chief ministers or heads of depart- ments). But the terms state, government, and administration are not always used in their strict- ness. The government of a state being its most prominent feature, which is most readily perceived, government has frequently been used for state; and the publicists of the last century almost always used the term government, or form of government, when they discussed the different political societies or states. On the other hand, government is often used, to this day, for administration, in the sense in which it has been explained. We shall give in this article a classification of of all governments and political societies which have existed and exist to this day. Governments, or the authorities of societies, are, like societies themselves, grown institutions. See

In medical jurisprudence. An inflammation of the fibrous and Hgamentous parts of the joints, characterized or caused by an excess of uric acid in the blood; usually, but not invariably, occurring in the joints of the feet, and then specifically called “podagra.”

A drop; a clot or coagulation. On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood. Shak. A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It constists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which, it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathettic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc. Dunglison. A disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn. Cout stones. See Chalkstone, n., 2.

Taste; relish.

To spurt.

Alternative form of gote (“sluice, ditch, drain; vault”).

Taste; relish.