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GIVE TIME

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

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.

GUILTY KNOWLEDGE

This term is used when you know that an unlawful situation exists but you choose to ignore, such as accepting goods you know are stolen.

GIVE NOTICE

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

GOOD REPUTE

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

GAME LAWS

These are the laws that have been passed in order to preserve wildlife.

GO IN EVIDENCE

This term applies to things that go in evidence when it has been presented and accepted to be evidence at a trial.

GUEST STATUTE

This laws is seen in some states where a passenger in a friends car cannot sue to driver for an accident unless unusual negligence is the cause.

GROUND FOR DISBARMENT

This term applies to an attorney’s misconduct that may see him lose his license to practice law.

GROUND FOR DIVORCE

These are the legal causes that allow a divorce to take place and differ in each state.

GINNIE MAE

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

GERMANE

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

GENERAL PARDON

a pardon that is given to a class or group of people convicted of crimes such as a group of political prisoners. See amnesty.

GOOD CAUSE

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

GENERAL DEMURRER

a statement made by the defendant claiming the plaintiff has insufficient evidence to justify a suit.

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