green slip
green slip noun: a portion of Crown land remaining unalienated due to a size discrepancy between the land survey and the actual division.
Noun
green slip (plural green slips)
- A portion of Crown land remaining unalienated due to a size discrepancy between the land survey and the actual division.
- […]we may smile at the indignation about the assistant surveyors and the green slips of South Australia.1839, Thornton Leigh Hunt, Canada and South Australia: A Commentary on that Part of the Earl of Durham′s Report Dealing with Disposal of Wate Lands and Emigration: South Australian Facsimile...
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11. The Reed-beds, Green-slip, near to section 448, district A.1840, South Australian Colonization Commission, British House of Commons, Fourth Annual Report of the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia, page 21
- A certificate of third party personal liability insurance, required in order to register a motor vehicle.
- Every car in Australia must be registered. Payment for this includes car tax and requires a minimum of third-party insurance. This type of insurance is called the Green Slip, or compulsory third party (CTP) insurance.2005, Jane Egginton, Working & Living Australia, page 150
- In New South Wales you must get an endorsed Compulsory Third Party Certificate (Green Slip) from an insurance company to be able to register your vehicle.2009, Deborah Penrith, Jodie Seal, Live & Work in Australia, page 238
Examples of green slip in a sentence
- After the best sections had been chosen, the rejected ones had to be cut up into 80-acre sections, and green slips as they were called ; and then the 80-acre land orders might be exercised.1878, John Wrathall Bull, Early Experiences of Colonial Life in South Australia, page 200:
- This Compulsory Third Party (CTP) insurance (also known as a green slip), insures you or anyone in your vehicle against personal injury caused by your driving.2010, Danny Ong, The International Students′ Handbook: Living and Studying in Australia, page 106:
Forms of green slip
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Questions about green slip
- What does green slip mean?
- Green slip means a portion of Crown land remaining unalienated due to a size discrepancy between the land survey and the actual division.
- How do you use green slip in a sentence?
- After the best sections had been chosen, the rejected ones had to be cut up into 80-acre sections, and green slips as they were called ; and then the 80-acre land orders might be exercised.
- What part of speech is green slip?
- Green slip is a noun.
- What is the plural of green slip?
- The plural of green slip is green slips.
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