The hall or place of meeting of a guild, or gild. The place of meeting of a municipal corporation. 3 Steph. Comm. 173, note. The mercantile or commercial gilds of the Saxons are supposed to have given rise to the present municipal corporations of England, whose place of meeting is still called the "Guildhall." Guildhall sittings. The sittings held in the Guildhall of the city … [Read more...]
GROSS AVERAGE
mar. law. That kind of average which falls on the ship, cargo, and freight, and. is distinguished from particular average. See Average. … [Read more...]
GROSSOME
In old English law. A fine, or sum of money paid for a lease. Plowd. 270, 271. Supposed to be a corruption of gersuma, (q. v.) See GBESSTJMB, … [Read more...]
GSV
Gross Sales Value … [Read more...]
GROSS EARNINGS
Total amount of earnings prior to any deductions or expenses taken. … [Read more...]