Law Dictionary Definitions

governor. The chief executive official of a U.S. state. • Governors are elected and usu. serve a two- or four-year term. [Cases: States 41. C.J.S. States §§ 88–90, 130–131.] [Blacks Law 8th]

government tort.See TORT. [Blacks Law 8th]

  government-survey system.A land-description method that divides the United States into checks or tracts of ground, which are further broken down into smaller descriptions, such as metes and bounds.   [Blacks Law 8th]

government survey.See SURVEY.  [Blacks Law 8th]

government security.See SECURITY. [Blacks Law 8th]

government-securities interdealer broker.See BROKER. [Blacks Law 8th]

government secret.See STATE SECRET. [Blacks Law 8th]

Government Printing Office.An office in the legislative branch of the federal government responsible for printing and distributing congressional publications and publications of other agencies of the United States government. • The Office is supervised by the Congressional Joint Committee on Printing. It began operating in 1860. — Abbr. GPO. [Blacks Law 8th]

government plan.See governmental plan under EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN. [Blacks Law 8th]

government of laws.The doctrine that government must operate according to established, consistent legal prin-ciples and not according to the interests of those who happen to be in power at a given time; esp., the doctrine that judicial decisions must be based on the law, regardless of the character of the litigants or the personal predilections…