Typically refers to contracts, the law which is to govern the contract's terms in the event a dispute should arise. Usually the state law is set within a contract in a choice of law clause. … [Read more...] about GOVERNING LAW
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GOD-GILD
That which is offered to God or his service. Jacob. … [Read more...] about GOD-GILD
GOLDSMITHS' NOTES
Bankers' cash notes (i.e., promissory notes given by a banker to his customers as acknowledgments of the receipt of money) were originally called in London "goldsmiths' notes," from the circumstance that all the banking business in England was originally transacted by goldsmiths. Wharton. … [Read more...] about GOLDSMITHS' NOTES
GOD'S PENNY
In old English law. Earnest-money; money given as evidence of the completion of a bargain. This name is probably derived from the fact that such money was given to the church or distributed in alms. … [Read more...] about GOD'S PENNY
GOLDWIT
A mulct or fine In gold. … [Read more...] about GOLDWIT