Law Dictionary Definitions

go forward,vb. To commence or carry on with the presentation of a case in court <after the lunch recess, the judge instructed the plaintiff to go forward with its case>. [Blacks Law 8th]

God’s penny.Hist. Earnest money; a small sum paid on the striking of a bargain. — Also termed denarius Dei; earnest-penny; godpenny. See ARRA. “It is among the merchants that the giving of earnest first … becomes a form which binds both buyer and seller in a contract of sale. To all appearances this change was…

godparent.Eccles. law. A person, usu. a close family friend or relative, who accepts a parent’s invitation to assume part of the responsibility for the religious education of a newly baptized child. Often, too, there is an un-derstanding that the godparent would help support and rear the child if the parents were to die or become…

God-gild.Hist. Money paid or something offered for the service of God; esp., a payment of money or a gift (for example, land) to a church. See FRANKALMOIN. [Blacks Law 8th]

Godbote. See BOTE(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

go bail,vb. Archaic. To act as a surety on a bail bond. [Blacks Law 8th]

GNP.abbr.GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT. [Blacks Law 8th]

GNMA.abbr.GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

GMT.abbr.GENETIC-MARKER TEST. [Blacks Law 8th]

GMI.abbr.GUILTY BUT MENTALLY ILL. [Blacks Law 8th]