Gold Clause Agreement

An agreement between insurers, ship owners and merchants associations which relaxes certain limitations of carrier’s liability for damage to goods contained in the Hague Rules, prescribing, inter alia, a higher limit per package than that provided in the gold clause of the Hague Rules and a longer period than that there allowed for the bringing of an action.

Good Driver Discount

To be eligible for the Good Drivers Discount all operators of the insured vehicles must have been licensed for three or more year, have no more than a one (1) point charge on their driving record and has not been determined “at fault” in an accident resulting in bodily injury or death to any person.

Good faith

UK: Acting honestly. It means the absence of fraud, but falls short of the doctrine of utmost good faith.
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Lack of fraudulent acts or intentions. In general all contracts are subject to good faith. Compare with “Utmost good faith.”
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Most ordinary contracts are good faith contracts. Insurance contracts are agreements made in the utmost good faith. This implies a standard of honesty greater than that usually required in most ordinary commercial contracts.

Good Samaritan Law

Statute of Common Law providing that one who sees a person in imminent peril because of another’s negligence cannot be charged with contributory negligence when attempting a rescue, provided the attempt is not reckless or rash.