Law Dictionary

The term “gross profit percentage” means the percent which— (i) the excess of the aggregate sales price of property sold by the employer to customers over the aggregate cost of suc

For purposes of this part, the term “gross receipts” means the total receipts from the sale, lease, or rental of property held primarily for sale, lease, or rental in the ordinary

the excess, if any, of— "(I) the aggregate amount of 50 percent of gross receipts of a candidate's authorized committee during any election cycle (not including contributions from

A tax upon the gross receipts of a railroad or canal company is very manifestly a tax upon the railroad company, measured in amount by the extent of its business, or the degree to

The term “gross rent” includes— (I) any payment under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, and (II) any utility allowance determined by the Secretary after taking in

The term “gross revenues from the securities business” means the sum of (but without duplication)— (A) commissions earned in connection with transactions in securities effected for

The term “gross sales price” means the total amount of the transaction in a sale of cut flowers or cut greens from a handler to a retailer or exempt handler.

A tax upon a merchant's, manufacturer's, or miner's gross sales is not the same thing as one on his stock treated as property. The former is upon his business. Neither state courts

“gross ton” has the meaning given that term by the Secretary under part J of title 46;

I. I. In old English large quantities. Grossus qaercas; large oaks. Grossi

The term "gross valuation misstatements" means— (A) any substantial valuation misstatement under chapter 1 as determined under subsection (e) by substituting— (i) in para

For purposes of this section, the term “gross valuation overstatement” means any statement as to the value of any property or services if— (A) the value so stated exceeds 200 perce

the term "gross violations of internationally recognized human rights" includes torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention witho

The total weight of goods or merchandise, with the chests, bags, and the like, from which are to be deducted tare and tret.

Lat. Being sick or indisposed. A term used in some of the older reports. "Holt œgroto." 11 Mod. 179.

simply a sufficient legal basis for granting the relief sought by the applicant.

In maritime law. The consideration paid for standing a ship in a port. Jacob.

In Scotch law. An annual rent of two kinds: First, the feuduties payable to the lords of erection and their successors; second, the rents reserved for building lots in a city, wher

In this subsection, the term “ground combat exclusion policy” means the military personnel policies of the Department of Defense and the military departments, as in effect on Octob

The person to whom ground rent is reserved.

The foundation, basis, or data, upon which a cause of 'action rests. See Cause of Action.

Rent paid for the privilege of building on another man's land. Johnson; Webster. A rent reserved by the owner of unimproved land upon a lease of the land to be built upon, as contr

The Capitol Police shall police the United States Capitol Buildings and Grounds under the direction of the Capitol Police Board, consisting of the Sergeant at Arms of the United St

the "rejection of a number of legal votes sufficient to place in doubt the result of the election." Fla.

In this section, the term “ground source heat pump” means an electric-powered system that uses the Earth's relatively constant temperature to provide heating, cooling, or hot water

The term “grounds related to human trafficking” means grounds related to the criteria for inadmissibility to the United States described in subsection (a)(2)(H) of section 1182 of

Ground support equipment.—The term "ground support equipment" means service and maintenance equipment used at an airport to support aeronautical operations and related ac

The term “ground water” means water in a saturated zone or stratum beneath the surface of land or water.

By the English common-law procedure act of 1852 (chapter 121), "it shall not be necessary to issue any writ directed to the sheriff of the county in which the venue is laid, but wr

the term “group” includes any State or public agency or institution and any nonprofit society, institution, organization, association, or establishment in the United States; / The

Group boycotts, or concerted refusals by traders to deal with other traders, have long been held to be in the forbidden category. They have not been saved by allegations that they

but is not limited to, benefits payable by a hospital plan corporation or a professional health service corporation subject to 40 Pa.C.S.

“Group Corporation” means an Alaska Native Group Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Alaska as a business for profit or nonprofit corporation to hold, invest, mana

The term “group credit item” means any credit allowable under part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 (other than section 34) to any other member of the affiliated group which include

the terms “group health insurance coverage”, “health insurance coverage”, and “health insurance issuer” have the meanings given such terms in section 1191b of this title . / The te

The term “group health plan” means a group health plan (as that term is defined in section 5000(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 without regard to section 5000(d) of the

The terms "group home" and "independent living facility" have the meanings given such terms in section 8013(k) of this title. / The term “group home” means a si

The term “group life insurance contract” means any life insurance contract— (A) which covers a group of individuals defined by reference to employment relationship, membership in a

The term “group loss item” means any of the following items of any other member of the affiliated group which includes the subsidiary: (i) Any net operating loss and any net operat

The term “group market” means the health insurance market under which individuals obtain health insurance coverage (directly or through any arrangement) on behalf of themselves (an

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “group of investment companies” means any 2 or more registered investment companies that hold themselves out to investors as related com

The term “group of persons” includes any number of persons that the foreign bank or any affiliate thereof reasonably believes— (I) are acting together, in concert, or with one anot

For purposes of this paragraph, the term "group ownership percentage" means, with respect to any United States shareholder in any affiliated group, the percentage of the

The term “group practice” means a group of 2 or more physicians legally organized as a partnership, professional corporation, foundation, not-for-profit corporation, faculty practi

The term “group practice facility” means a facility in a State for the provision of preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services to ambulatory patients (in which patient care is

The term “group practice unit or organization” means— (A) a private nonprofit agency or organization undertaking to provide, directly or through arrangements with a medical or dent

ruffed grouse, partridge, and every member of the grouse family.

The term “grower” means any person engaged in the production and sale of pecans in the United States who owns, or who shares the ownership and risk of loss of, such pecans.

The term “grower-sheller” means a person who— (A) shells pecans, or has pecans shelled for such person, in the United States; and (B) during the immediately previous year, grew 50

Growing crops raised by the cultivation of man, are in certain cases personal chattels, and in others, part of the realty.,A crop is to be considered as growing from the time the s

A rate paid in some places for the tithe of every fat beast, ox, or other unfruitful cattle. Rapalje & L.

The principal officers of a forest.

The principal officers of a forest. Rapalje & L. 6UADIA, or WADIA. In old European law. A pledge. Spelman; Calv. Lex. A custom. Spelman.

In mining law. A contract between two parties by which one undertakes to furnish the necessary provisions, tools, and other supplies, and the other to prospect for and locate miner

The term “GSA facility” means any building, structure, or facility, in whole or in part (including the associated support systems of the building, structure, or facility) that— (i)

The term "GST trust" means a trust that could have a generation-skipping transfer with respect to the transferor unless— (i) the trust instrument provides that more than

158. In Mercantile Law. A letter sent by an agent or other person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to the bearer for goods or money. Corny ns, Dig. Merchant, F, 3; 3 Burr

6 See Delusion; Doubt, Reasonable; Insanity, 2 (6). Gr XrW. See Baggage; Shooting-mark; Tool; Weapon.

Ouidagium. L. Lat. [Fr. guydage; from Sax. wceg^ way; quasi waidaginm.] In old law. Guidage or conduct; the compensation given therefor. That which is given for safe conduct throug

TREATY OF. A treaty between the United States and Mexico, terminating the Mexican War, dated February 2, 1848. It was communicated by the president to the senate on February 23, 18

The treaty concluding peace between Mexico and the United States. See 18 How. (U. S.) 235, 15 L. Ed. 365.

A pledge.

s 1. A keeper,- protector, consei-vator; a warden. Guardian of the peace. A person charged with the duty of securing or protecting the public peac«; a conseicvator of the peace. Se

In applying as the Guam Territorial income tax the income-tax laws in force in Guam pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the rate of tax under sections 871, 881, 884, 1441,

A guarantee is a mercantile instrument, and to be construed according to what is fairly to be presumed to have been the understanding of the parties, without any strict technical n

its practical result is to prevent a trial from taking place at all, rather than to prescribe procedural rules that govern the conduct of a trial

The term “guaranteed benefit policy” means an insurance policy or contract to the extent that such policy or contract provides for benefits the amount of which is guaranteed by the

Dividends to which a preferred stockholder is entitled when there are profits to pay them. See 31 Mich. 76, 18 Am. Rep. 156.

The term “guaranteed employment account” means a separate account, in an unemployment fund, maintained with respect to a person (or group of persons) having individuals in his (or

the term “guaranteed investment contract” includes any investment that has specified withdrawal or reinvestment provisions and a specifically negotiated or bid interest rate, and a

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “guaranteed payment” means any payment referred to in section 707(c).

The term "guaranteed retirement income contract" means an annuity contract for a fixed term or a contract (or provision or feature thereof) which provides guaranteed bene

The term “guarantee fee”— (A) means a fee described in subsection (b); and (B) includes— (i) the guaranty fee charged by the Federal National Mortgage Association with respect to m

The term "Guarantee Fund" means the Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund established under subsection (i). / The term "Guarantee Fund" means the Native Hawaiian H

The term "guaranteeing agency" means a department or agency of the United States engaged in procurement for the national defense.

See Stock.

one whose endorsement of a note was subsequent to the making of the note, and who put his name there at the request of the maker, pursuant to a contract with the payee for further

The rule is well settled that the guarantee of a promissory note, whose name does not appear on the note, is bound without notice, where the maker of the note was insolvent at its

The court refers to a class of cases both in England and in this country, drawing the distinction between the liability assumed by a guarantor, and that of the drawers or indorser

the term 'guaranty' is usually applied to a collateral undertaking to pay the debt of another

guarantee. A promise debt, or the performance of another person, who is liable

n. A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the per- {s Hable to such payment or performance. Fell, Guar. 1; 3 Kent, Comm. 121; 6ON. Y. 458, 1 Miles, 277. A guaranty is

The term “guaranty agency” means any State or nonprofit private institution or organization with which the Secretary has an agreement under section 1078(b) of this title .

A corporation authorized to transact the business of entering into contracts of guaranty and suretyship ; as, one which, for fixed premiums, becomes surety on judicial bonds, fidel

Acts subjecting banks to assessments for a depositors’ guaranty fund to be applied to the payment of depositors of an insolvent bank. The Oklahoma acts provide an assessment of fiv

A guaranty or insurance against loss in case a person named shall make a designated default, or be guilty of specified conduct. 9 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 65, quoted in 174 111. 310.

Presentation of a government check to it for payment with an express guaranty of prior endorsements amounts to a warranty that the signature of the payee was not forged, but genuin

Wardship.

A ward.

the person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of the child or the public or private agency with whom the child has been placed by a court." § 51.02(3).

A guardian appointed for the purposes of a suit. The appointment of such is incident to the power of every court to try a ease (2 Cow. [N. Y.] 430), and the power is then confined

A guardian appointed by a court.

One who by the custom of the place had the right to act as guardian.

A guardian selected by an infant and appointed by the coprt.

A father, or in case of his death, the mother of a child. See 6 Conn. 494.

A guardian appointed by a deed or a will under statutory authority. See 88 Ga. 722, 16 S. E. 255.

A chureh- warden. GUARDIAN DE L°ESTEMARY, The warden of the stamnaries or mines in Cornwall, etc.

A church-warden.

The warden of the stannaries or mines in Cornwall, etc.

The father, or in case of his death, the mother, as guardian of their children’s persons until fourteen years old. See 16 Fed. Cas. (U. S.) 1171, 3 Cranch C. C. 147.