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the judge is not a mere moderator, but is the governor of the trial for the purpose of assuring its proper conduct and of determining questions of law

In this subsection, the term “Governors” has the meaning given the term by section 102(3) of title 39 . / “Governors” means the 9 members of the Board of Governors appointed by the

Words used to denote that a party is dismissed the court. He is said to go without day, because there is no day appointed for him to appear again.

The terms “Gulf Opportunity Zone” and “GO Zone” mean that portion of the Hurricane Katrina disaster area determined by the President to warrant individual or individual and public

The term “GPS Standard Positioning Service” means the civil and commercial service provided by the basic Global Positioning System as defined in the 1996 Federal Radionavigation Pl

A. U. 630, forbidding that any one should possess more than five hundred acres of land, and providing for a division of any excess among the poorer people. Lex Aquilia: the Aquilia

Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right.

DAYS OF. See "Days of Grace." GRADATIM (Lat.) In old English law. By degrees or steps; step by step; from one degree to another. Bracton, fol. 64. GRADUS (Lat. a step). A measure o

Fr. & Eng. [Lat. gratia.l Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right. Acts of parliament granting pardons are called acts of grace, 1 BL Com. 184. Plus de gmceq'de droit; mor

The term “grace period” means the period of one year beginning on the date on which the borrower ceases to pursue a full-time course of study at a school of medicine, osteopathic m

Graduale. L. Lat. In canon law. A book pertaining to the offices of the Romish church, and enumerated among its furniture in the Provinciale Anglicanum. Lyndewode Prov. Angl. lib.

I. In old English law. By degrees or steps; step by step; from one degree to another.

Gradually.

Hills must be cut down and hollows filled up, or, in other words, the road must be 'graded' or 'reduced to a certain degree of ascent or descent;' which is the proper definition of

the term “grade B contour” means the field strength of a television broadcast station computed in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Commission;

A place where one highway crosses another: in particular, a place where a railroad is crossed at grade by ■a. public or private road, or by another railroad. The term is most frequ

“grade identification marking” means any grade-mark or property class symbol appearing on a fastener purporting to indicate that the lot of fasteners conforms to a specific consens

Moving step by atep; a grade; the deviation of railways from a level surface to an inclined plane.

The term “graduate” means an individual who has attended an institution for at least three semesters and fulfilled academic requirements for undergraduate studies in not more than

For the purposes of this subsection and section 637(a) of this title the term “graduated” or “graduation” means that the Program Participant is recognized as successfully completin

In this paragraph, the term "graduated sanctions" means an accountability-based graduated series of sanctions (including incentives, treatments, and services) applicable

The term “graduate medical education program” means— (i) a residency program for the medical education and training of individuals following graduation from medical school; (ii) a

The term “graduate medical education residency matching program” means a program (such as those conducted by the National Resident Matching Program) that, in connection with the ad

The term “graduate program in behavioral health and mental health practice” means a graduate program in clinical psychology, behavioral health and mental health practice, clinical

The terms “graduate program in health administration” and “graduate program in clinical psychology” mean an accredited graduate program in a public or nonprofit private institution

The terms “graduate program in clinical social work” and “graduate program in marriage and family therapy” and “graduate program in professional counseling” mean an accredited grad

The terms “graduate program in health administration” and “graduate program in clinical psychology” mean an accredited graduate program in a public or nonprofit private institution

The terms “graduate program in clinical social work” and “graduate program in marriage and family therapy” and “graduate program in professional counseling” mean an accredited grad

The terms “graduate program in clinical social work” and “graduate program in marriage and family therapy” and “graduate program in professional counseling” mean an accredited grad

The term “graduate program of behavioral and mental health” means a program that trains behavioral and mental health professionals.

The term “graduate psychology” means an accredited program in professional psychology.

Scholars who have taken a degree in a college or university.

The term “Graduate School” means the Graduate School of the Department of Agriculture. / The term “Graduate School” means the Graduate School of the Department of Agriculture.

The term “graduates of a medical school” means aliens who have graduated from a medical school or who have qualified to practice medicine in a foreign state, other than such aliens

The term “graduate student” means a student enrolled in a program of study that awards a graduate credential (other than a professional degree) upon completion of the program.

For the purposes of this subsection and section 637(a) of this title the term “graduated” or “graduation” means that the Program Participant is recognized as successfully completin

Grade; status; relationship.

A pedigree; a table of relationship.

A pedigree; a table of relationship.

A magistrate; a chief.

A graffer.

or GRAFFARIUS. In old English law. A graffer, notary, or scrivener. St. 5 Hen. VIII. c. 1.

A register; a leger book or cartulary of deeds and evidences.

A baron, inferior to a count. 1 Mart. Anec. Collect. 13. A fiscal judge; an advocate. Du Cange; Spelman; Cowell. For various derivations, see Du Cange.

In equity. A term used to designate the right of a mortgagee in premises to which the mortgagor at the time of making case the new mortgage is considered a graft into the old stock

The terms “agricultural grain” and “grain” mean any agricultural commodity (A) that is suitable for processing into alcohol for use as a fuel, and (B) with respect to which a price

corn, signifies wheat, rye, barley, or other corn sown in the ground. In Pennsylvania a tenant for a certain term is entitled to the way-going crop. 5 Binn. 289, 258; 2 Binn. 487;

In English law. The name of an ancient duty collected in London, consisting of one-twentieth part of the salt imported into that city. GRAMMATICA FALSA NON VITIAT chartam. False gr

A payment for the use of land in grain or other crops ; the return to the landlord paid by croppers or persons working the land on shares. Railroad Co. v. Bates, 40 Neb. 381, 58 N.

“grain storage facility” means a site or physical structure regularly used to store grain for producers, or to store grain acquired from producers for resale; and

In England, this term designates a school in which such instruction is given as will prepare the student to enter a college or university, and in this sense the phrase was used in

Bad grammar does not vitiate a deed.

(Græco-Lat.) In the civil law. A place for keeping writings or records. Dig. 48, 19, 9, 6.

A French weight. The gramme is the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water at the temperature of zero. It is equal to 15.4441 grains troy, or 5.6481 drachms avoirdupois. GR

The manager of a granary.

As to grand "Assize," "Bill of Sale," "Cape," "Distress," "Jury," "Larceny," and "Serjeanty," see those titles.

An extraordinary trial by jury, instituted by Henry II., by way of alternative offered to the choice of the tenant or defendant in a writ of right, instead of the barbarous custom

In Elnglish law. The name of an instrument used for the transfer of a ship while she is at sea. See "Bill of Sale"; 7 Mart. (La.) 318.

In English law. A writ judicial which lieth when a man has brought a praecipe quod reddat, of a thing that original, then this writ shall go for the king, to take the land into the

L- Lat. A species of grand cape which issued against a vouchee, or person vouched to warranty in a real action. Roscoe's Real Actions, 268.

"Grand Challenge" means a fundamental problem in science or engineering, with broad economic and scientific impact, whose solution will require the application of network

“grandchild” means one who at the time of the death of the employee is under 18 years of age or over that age and incapable of self-support;

The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though, in general, they can make no such claim. 6 Coke, 16. See "Child"; "Construct

Two collections of laws bore this title. One, also called the "Coutumier of France," is a collection of the customs, usages, and forms of practice which had been used from time imm

In English practice. Those days in the term which are solemnly kept in the inns of court and chancery, viz.. Candlemas Day in Hilary term. Ascension Day in Easter term, St. John th

In English practice. A process which formerly issued where the defendant, after being attached, neglected to appear; its object being to compel an appearance by distraining his goo

The father of one’s father or mother. The father’s father is called the paternal grandfather; the mother’s father is the maternal grandfather.

The fact that Congress enacts a statute containing a 'grandfather clause,' which exempts from the general income tax certain corporations organized prior to a specified date, does

The term “grandfathered health plan” has the meaning given such term by section 1251 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. / In this title, 1 the term “grandfathered h

The term “grandfathered unitary savings and loan holding company” means a company described in section 1467a(c)(9)(C) of this title .

Grand juries investigate, and the usual end of their investigation is either a report, a 'no-bill' or an indictment. They do not try and they do not convict. They render no judgmen

That the requirement of an indictment by grand jury is not included within the guaranty of 'due process of law' is, of course, well settled.

the term “grand jury information” means matters occurring before a grand jury other than the deliberations of the grand jury or the vote of any grand juror.

It is not forbidden to inquire into new matters within the general scope of its inquiry but only into a truly new, in the sense of dissociated, subject-matter.

^At Common Law. Simple larceny was divided into grand and petit. The former was committed by the stealing of property exceeding twelve pence in value; the latter, when the property

The mother of one’s father or mother. The father’s mother is called the paternal grandmother; the mother’s mother is the maternal grandmother.

In English law. A species of tenure in capite, by certain personal and honorable services to the king, called "grand" in respect of the honor of so serving the king. Instances of s

A keeperofagrange or farm.

A barn or granary; other outbuildings used in husbandry.

Orangia. L. Lat. In old English law. A grange. Reg. Orig. 289 b. Stat. Westm. 2, c. 39. Spelman, voc. Chranarium. See Change.

A keeper of a grange or farm.

A name applied to six cases decided by the supreme court of the United States in 1876, which are reported in Munn v. Illinois, 94 U. S. 113, 24 L. Ed. 77; Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. v

A grange, Co.. Litt. 5o.

or GRANGEARIUS. A grange keeper.

graunte, I. fr. Great. Grannt duresce: great hardship.

A grant passes some estate of greater or less degree, must be in writing, and is irrevocable, unless it contains words of revocation; whereas a license is a personal privilege, can

BARGAIN, AND SELL. Words used in instruments of conveyance of real estate. See "Construction"; 8 Barb. (N. Y.) 463; 32 Me. 329; 1 T. B. Mon. (Ky.) 30; 1 Conn. 79; 5 Tenn. 124; 2 Bi

In a lease for years these words create an implied warranty of title and a covenant for quiet enjoyment; Stott V. Rutherford, 92 U. S. 107, 23 L. Ed. 486. See Covenant.

The term “grant and per diem provider” means an entity in receipt of a grant under section 2011 or 2012 of this title.

Operative words in a charter party, implying the placing of the vessel at the disposition of the charterer for the purposes of the intended voyage, and generally transferring the p

It is the grant which passes the legal title to the land, and if the controversy is founded upon the conflicting grants of different states, the judicial power of the courts of the

Operative words in conveyances of real estate. See Muller v. Boggs, 25 Cal. 187; Hawk v. McCullough, 21 111. 221; Ake v. Mason, 107 Pa. 20.

The term “grant beneficiary” means the Indian tribe or tribes on behalf of which a grant is made under this chapter to a recipient.

A grant of land bounded by a stream, whether navigable in fact or not, carries with it the bed of the stream to the center of the thread thereof.

Grants by quantity, as of one or more leagues of land situates in a larger tract, described by out-boundaries, where the donee was entitled only to the quantity specified

Grants by specific boundaries, where the donee was entitled to the entire tract

The term “grantee” means a person awarded a grant with an agency. / The term "grantee" means a person awarded a grant with an agency. / The term “grantee” means a corpora

On general principles, it is incontestable, that a grantee can convey no more than he possesses. Hence, those who came in under the holder of a void grant, can acquire nothing.

The terms “grantees” and “lessees” include (without limiting the generality thereof) all political subdivisions, municipalities, public and private corporations, and other persons

The term “grant funds” means the amount appropriated under section 5106h of this title for a fiscal year and not reserved under section 5106h(a)(2) of this title .