Law Dictionary Definitions

  greenback,n. Slang. A legal-tender note of the United States; any note issued by a federal reserve bank. • The term was coined in 1862 when the backs of American paper currency were first printed in green ink.  [Blacks Law 8th]  

gree (gree), n.[Law French] Hist. A satisfaction received by a party for an offense or injury against the party. See SATISFACTION(1). “Gree comes of the French word gree, good liking: and it signifies in our law, contentment or satisfaction; as in the statute of 1 R. 2, c. 15, to make gree to the parties…

  Great Writ.See HABEAS CORPUS. [Blacks Law 8th]

Great Waters Program.A scheme created by Congress in 1990 to make the Environmental Protection Agency more directly responsible for protecting large bodies of fresh water and coastal waters from environmental harm caused by air pollution. Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, 42 USCA § 7412(m). [Blacks Law 8th]

great tithe.See TITHE.  [Blacks Law 8th]

Great Survey.See grand inquest (2) under INQUEST. [Blacks Law 8th]

  great seal.See SEAL. [Blacks Law 8th]

Great Rolls of the Exchequer.See PIPE ROLLS. [Blacks Law 8th]

  great pond.In Maine and Massachusetts, a body of water larger than ten acres, and thus subject to public own-ership. — Also termed public pond. [Cases: Waters and Water Courses C.J.S. Waters § 242.] [Blacks Law 8th]

Great Law, The.Hist. The first code of laws established in Pennsylvania. • The Great Law was passed by an assembly in 1682. [Blacks Law 8th]