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GROSS AVERAGE

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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

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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

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Gross Sales Value … [Read more...]

GROSS EARNINGS

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Total amount of earnings prior to any deductions or expenses taken. … [Read more...]

GROUND

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1. Soil; earth; a portion of the earth's surface appropriated to private use and under cultivation or susceptible of cultivation. Though this term is sometimes used in conveyances and in statutes as equivalent to "land," it is properly of a more limited signification, because it applies strictly only to the surface, while "land includes everything beneath the surface, and … [Read more...]

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