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Goods Receipt Note … [Read more...] about GRN

In forest law. The same as vert, (q. v.) Termes de la Ley. … [Read more...] about GREENHEW

An English silver coin (value four pence) Issued from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century. See Reg. v. Connell, 1 Car. A K. 191. … [Read more...] about GROAT

A financial term that is derived from blackmail with the "green" referring to U.S currency. It is an act of corporate raiders intending to generate large amounts of money by threatening a hostile takeover. By way of example, an investment fund buys stock in a target company threatening to take over the company. Instead of completing the takeover, the fund offers to sell the … [Read more...] about GREENMAIL

In old English law. A merchant or trader who engrossed all vendible merchandise; an engrosser. St. 37 Edw. III. c. 5. See ENGROSSER. … [Read more...] about GROCER