Gross

Great, large; entire, undiminished, whole; general; extreme. See Engross. Gross average. General average upon ship, cargo, and freight. See Average. Gross earnings. The whole amount of earnings received.

See Earnings; Profit, Net. ' Hunter v. Commonwealth, 79 Pa. 505 (1875), cases. s Hickey v. State, SB Ind. 2.3 (1864), Davison, J. s Wesley v. State, 61 Ala. 287 (1878), Manning J. See Grant v. State, 55 id. 809 (1876). * See 2 Steph. Com. 259, note; Brook v. Brook, 9 H. L. 193 (1861).

Gross neglect or negligence. Extreme want of care; the absence of ordinary or reasonable care and skill. See Care; Negligence.

Gross receipts

All receipts had, undiminished by expenses or other deductions. Compare Earnings, Gross.. In gross.

1.

In the entirety; as, a sale in gross, q. v. 3. Independent of; not annexed to another: as, a common, a power, a right in gross.

See Common, 3; Easement, Appendant; Power, 3.. GROUND. 1.

Land; soil; earth. See Land. May include an improved town lot.' Gro Tind-rent. A rent reserved as the consideration of a conveyance of land in fee-simple.

Oround-landlord.

The grantor of such an estate. Kent payable to the grantee, who erects and leases ho Tises upon the land, is called the "builder's rent." See further. Rent, Ground-rent, 3. "Good ground" to believe or to act means simply good cause.2 Ground of action. The foundation, basis, or data, upon which a cause of action rests.