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ground-rent lease.See ground lease under LEASE. [Blacks Law 8th]

ground rent.See RENT(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

ground of action.1. See CAUSE OF ACTION(1).2. See CAUSE OF ACTION(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

groundless,adj. (Of a legal claim or argument) lacking reason or validity < groundless cause of action>. See FRIVOLOUS. [Blacks Law 8th]

ground lease.See LEASE. [Blacks Law 8th]

ground-law. A fundamental law. See FUNDAMENTAL LAW. “If the power of a sovereign or of a government is limited by a ground-law, written or unwritten, a treaty cannot override that constitution.” Theodore D. Woolsey, Introduction to the Study of International Law § 103, at 167 (5th ed. 1878). [Blacks Law 8th]

ground landlord.Hist. The grantor of an estate on which ground rent is reserved. See ground rent under RENT(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

ground annual.1. See ground rent (2) under RENT(1).2.FEU DUTY. [Blacks Law 8th]

groundage (grown-dij), n. Hist. Maritime law. A tax or toll levied on a vessel lying in port; the tax or toll so paid. [Blacks Law 8th]

ground,n. The reason or point that something (as a legal claim or argument) relies on for validity <grounds for divorce> <several grounds for appeal>. ground,vb.1. To provide a basis for (something, e.g., a legal claim or argument) <the decision was grounded on public policy>.2. To base (something, e.g., a legal principle or judicial decision) on…