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GRAPHOLOGY – the art of determining character
disposition and amplitude of a person from the
study of handwriting. It also means the scientific
study and analysis of handwriting, especially with
reference to forgeries and questioned documents.

GRAPHOMETRY – analysis by comparison and
measurement.

GRAVE ABUSE OF CONFIDENCE – under Art 310 of
RPC, on qualified theft, refers to a breach of the
high degree of confidence reposed by the offended
party upon the offender by reason of dependence,
guardianship, or vigilance.

GRAVE ABUSE OF DISCRETION – error of
judgment; mistakes actually committed in
adjudication.

GRAVE FELONIES – are those to which the law
attaches the capital punishment or penalties which
in any of their periods are afflictive.

GRAVE THREATS – any person who shall threaten
another with the infliction upon the person, honor,
or property of the latter or of his family of any
wrong amounting to a crime.

GRAVEMEN – in civil law and as used and understood
in ordinary legal parlance, is a lien and or
encumbrance.

GRAVURE – a process in which the ink in recessed or
sunken letters is drawn out or sucked out under
pressure. The printing process is done from large
copper plates or copper covered cylinders on

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