Garnishment
The seizing of a person's property, credit or salary, on the basis
of a law which allows it, and for the purposes of paying off
a debt. The person who possesses the assets of the debtor
and is the subject of the seizure is called a "garnishee".
This is frequently used in the enforcement of child support
where delinquent debtors will be subjected to salary garnishment.
A percentages of their wages is subtracted directly off their
pay-check and directed to the person in need of support (the
employer being the garnishee).
Gavel
A wooden mallet used by a judge to bring proceedings to
a start or to an end or to command attention in his
or her court.
General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Multilateral international treaty first created in
1947 and frequently amended (most recently in 1994)
to which 125 countries
subscribe.GATT
provides for fair trade rules and the gradual reduction of
tariffs, duties and other trade barriers. The 1994
amendment
created
a World Trade Organization, which oversees the implementation
of the GATT. General
counsel
The senior lawyer of a corporation. This is normally a full-time
employee of the corporation although some corporations contract
this position out to a lawyer with a private firm.
General
Practice
dealing in many or numerous areas of the law.
Genetic
Testing
analysis of inherited factors (usually by blood or tissue
test) of mother, child, and alleged father which can
help to prove
or disprove that a particular man fathered a particular
child
Gift
over
A device used in wills and trusts to provide for the
gift of property to a second recipient if a certain
event occurs,
such
as the death
of the first recipient. For example, I give you my
car but on your death you must give it to your child; that
is a
gift over
to the benefit of your child.
Goodwill
An intangible business asset which includes a cultivated
reputation and consequential attraction and confidence
of repeat customers
and connections.
Government
the area of law dealing with units of government.
Grand
Jury
An American criminal justice procedure whereby,
in each court district, a group of 16-23 citizens
hold
an inquiry
on criminal
complaints brought by the prosecutor and decide
if a trial is warranted, in which case an indictment
is issued.
If
a Grand
Jury rejects a proposed indictment it is known
as a "no bill";
if they accept to endorse a proposed indictment
it is known as a "true bill".
Gross
negligence
Any action or an omission in reckless disregard
of the consequences to the safety or property
of another.
Sometimes
referred
to as "very
great negligence" and it is more then
just neglect of ordinary care towards others
or just inadvertence. Also known as the Latin
term culpa lata.
Guarantor
A person who pledges collateral for the contract
of another, but separately, as part of an
independently contract with
the obligee
of the original contract. Compare with "surety."
Guardian
An individual who, by legal appointment
or by the effect of a written law, is
given custodyof
both
the property
and the
person
of one who is unable to manage their own
affairs, such as a child or mentally-disabled
person.
Guardian
ad litem
A guardian appointed to assist an infant
or other mentally incapable defendant
or plaintiff,
or
any such incapacitated
person that
may be a party in a legal action.
Guidelines
a standard method for setting child
support obligations based on the income
of the
parent(s) and other
factors as determined
by State law
Guillotine
A device developed in France to inflict
the death penalty through decapitation
by the
dropping of
a weighted and
sharp metal blade
onto the restrained neck of a convict
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