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Of or pertaining to the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.

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grand theft

Law; General law

The theft of property or services whose value exceeds a specified amount and considered as a felony is called a grand theft.

grandfather clause

Law; General law

A provision or clause created by a new law, that exempts the persons who were already in the system and is applicable only to the persons that are new to the system is called a ...

grant

Law; General law

A grant may be defined as a transfer of property by an instrument in writing without the delivery of the possession of any subject matter thereof.

grant deed

Law; General law

A deed to a property containing an implied or express promise that the transferor has a good title of the property, and that there are no encumbrances of any kind, or if there ...

gratuitous

Law; General law

Something given voluntarily or not involving a return benefit, compensation or consideration.

gross estate

Law; General law

The total estate that a person owns at the time of his death, including his real and personal property, that may be passed by will or by intestate succession. While calculating ...