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"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 .

The right was not attached as an incident to any estate; it passed by a grant in gross, and was necessarily limited in its duration by the existence of the structure with which it

The grants of swamp lands made by the Acts of 1849 and 1850 were in praesenti and gave the States an inchoate title to such lands that became perfect, as of the dates of the Acts,

The term “grantmaking entity” means an organization described in section 12523(a) of this title. / The term “grantmaking entity” means a qualified organization that— (A) submits an

It is an obvious principle that a grant must describe the land to be conveyed, and that the subject granted must be identified by the description given of it in the instrument itse

Grants of a certain place or rancho by some particular name, either with or without specific boundaries, where the donee was entitled to the tract, according to the boundaries, if

The term “grant of authority” means registration granted pursuant to section 13902 of title 49 , or a successor provision, to persons of Mexico to conduct cross-border long-haul tr

Grants of immunity from taxation, in derogation of a sovereign power of the state, are strictly construed.

by grants of land, we do not mean the mere grant itself, but the right, title, legal possession, and estate, property and ownership, legally resulting upon a grant of land to the o

A method of transferring personal property, distinguished from a gift by being always founded on some consideration or equivalent. 2 Bl. Comm. 440, 441. Its proper legal designatio

grants of places by name, where the donee was entitled to the tract named according to the limits, as shown by its settlement and possession, or other competent evidence

The rule at law is, that by a grant of the reversion, the rent reserved will pass; but that by a grant of the rent, the reversion will not pass.

The grant by ordinance to an incorporated telephone company, its successors and assigns, of the right to occupy the streets and alleys of a city with its poles and wires for the ne

He by whom a grant is made.

Wherever there is a grant by a state having plenary power to make it, of the rights and title of government and sovereignty over a specified territory, or where, in a grant of land

The term “grant recipient” means a watershed group that the Secretary has selected to receive a grant under section 1015a(c)(2) of this title . / For purposes of paragraph (4)(B),

only such powers and rights can be exercised under them as are clearly comprehended within the words of the act or derived therefrom by necessary implication, regard being had to t

Grants of immunity from taxation, in derogation of a sovereign power of the state, are strictly construed.

The term “grants to States” means grants made under this subchapter by the Secretary to the States.

The common grant with uses superadd-ed, which has become the favorite mode of transferring realty in England. Wharton.

This is common grant, with uses superadded, and has become the favorite mode of transferring realty. Wharton.

In old English law. Noblemen. of tenants' doing one day's work for their landlord.

Growing grain.

The term “grape product” means grapes and any product (other than wine) made from grapes, including, but not limited to, raisins and grape juice, whether or not concentrated.

The term “grapes” means vinifera species table grapes, European type, whether or not they have been in storage.

Lat. [from Gr. graphe.] In old European law. A writing. Spelman. The office or territorial jurisdiction of a graphio or grafio. Id. See Grafio.

the term “GRASE” means generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of drugs, as safe and effective

the term "GRASE determination" means, with respect to a nonprescription active ingredient or a combination of nonprescription active ingredients, a determination of wheth

The term “grass” means perennial grasses commonly used for haying or grazing.

Customary service of one day’s work for the landlord.

In old records. The grazing or turning up the earth with a plow. The name of a customary service for inferior tenants to bring their plows, and do one day's work for their lords. C

In feudal law. A fine paid on transfer of a copyhold.

A fine paid upon the transfer of a copyhold estate.

The term “grass roots expenditures” means expenditures for the purpose of influencing legislation (as defined in subsection (d) without regard to paragraph (1)(B) thereof). / The t

Same as Gersome.

Rogation week. A term anciently used in the inns of court and chancery.

A slang term for a woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. Webster.

A reward given voluntarily for some service or benefit rendered, without being requested so to do, either expressly or by implication. GRATIS (Lat.) Without reward or consideration

Gratuitously; without consideration.

An appearance entered in a suit by attorney without waiting to be served with process.

A spontaneous statement.

Pensions, compensation allowances, and privileges are gratuities. They involve no agreement of parties; and the grant of them creates no vested right. The benefits conferred by gra

Without valuable or legal consideration. A term applied to deeds of conveyance. In Old English Law. Voluntary; without force, fear, or favor. Bracton, fols. 11, 17.

Another name for a depositum or naked bailment, which is made only for the benefit of the bailor and is not a source of profit to the bailee. Foster . Essex Bank, 17 Mass. 499, 9 A

In civil law. One the object of which is for the benefit of the person with whom it is made, vrithout any profit, received or promised, as a consideration for it; as, for example,

One made without consideration.

One made without consideration. 2 Steph. Com. 47.

Instruments inade without binding consideration.

A present; a reward without legal consideration.

A claim having no foundation in law, but depending entirely on the generosity of the government, constitutes no basis for the action of any legal principle. It cannot be assigned.

A bribe.

graunde, 2. /n Great; high. Graund treson: great or high treason.

In old deeds, a little wood. In old English law, a grove; a small wood; a coppice or thicket. A thick wood of high trees. Co. Litt. 4b. Cowell; Blount; Spelman. GRAVAMEN (Lat.) The

Gist; essence; substance; sting.

I. In old English law. To grieve or aggrieve; to injure or oppress. Gravati: aggrieved.

A charge; an accusation.

A sepulcher. A place where a dead body ls interred.

In subsection (c)(3), the term “grave breach of common Article 3” means any conduct (such conduct constituting a grave breach of common Article 3 of the international conventions d

that, in the judge's mind, the matter is so evenly balanced that he feels himself in virtual equipoise as to the harmlessness of the error.) We conclude that the uncertain judge sh

a condition in which a person, as a result of a mental disorder: (a) [i]s in danger of serious physical harm resulting from a failure to provide for his essential human needs of he

the prevention of copying and piracy when describing the benefits of the doctrine of equivalents.