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Category: G

GINNIE MAE

how you pronounce the abbreviation for the Government National Mortgage Association that reads GNMA.

GO WITHOUT DAY

This phrase means to be dismissed by the court without any instructions to return.

GIFT DEED

this term applies to the gift of property or land for a very small sum of money.

GO-BETWEEN

This term is given to the agent who is the intermediary between parties.

GERMANE

a term that means something that is relevant, pertinent to and apropos.

GIVE TIME

This phrase means to extend the time the payment of a debt is due.

GIFT CAUSA MORTIS

a Latin phrase meaning the gift of personal property that is given to a person before the other has died, though he is expected to die.

GENERAL IMPROVEMENT

This term is given when an improvement is carried out in area for the benefit of a community.

GOOD CAUSE

This term means that from a legal point of view there are sufficient grounds to act on.

GIVE NOTICE

The term used when a person is informed that a suit is about to take place.

GIFT IN TRUST

a term used that describes a gift of property that comes without the title. This means that the person can’t sell or hand the property on.

GHOST SURGERY

a term used when a patient undergoes surgery and a different surgeon does the operation without the patients consent.

GENERAL DEVISE

a term given to the gift that is given in a will that is limited to real estate but can include property also.

GAG ORDER

an order given by a court that restricts any information that is about a case that is pending.

GROUND OF ACTION

This term applies to the basis of the law suit and the facts that it involves.

GOOD REPUTE

This term is given to a person with a good reputation and known to honest, true and forthright.

GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY

an organisation that is created to carry out a function of government. See appendix.

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

federal agency that is headed by a person called the comptroller general who is responsible for auditing and accounting for the funds of the US government.

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