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GENERAL AGENTAn agent authorized to handle specified matters for his principal. | |
GENERAL LIENA lien attaching claim to all property of a person, both real and personal. | |
GENERAL PARTNER - Civil Law TermAll partners are general partners, having the powers, rights, and obligations of partners, unless specified otherwise in the articles of partnership; a partner "in commendam" cannot be a general partner but may become liable as one under certain circumstances. | |
GENERAL WARRANTY DEED | |
GENUINE ASSENT | |
GOOD CONSIDERATIONPromises of intangibles (such as love and affection made to fulfill one requirement of a binding contract. | |
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (GNMA)A federal agency which provides special assistance for federally aided housing programs; active in the secondary money market for government subsidized housing programs; "Ginnie Mae". | |
GRADUATED LEASEA lease with fixed increases at stated intervals, or increases based upon periodic appraisals at stated times; also called a step-up lease. | |
GRADUATED LOANA loan featuring an unlevel, amortized repayment schedule in which payments start small and become larger as the loan is repaid; graduated payment mortgage. | |
GRANTEEThe purchaser; the person to whom an interest in realty is conveyed. | |