green slip
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green slip (plural green slips)
- (Australia, South Australia, obsolete) A portion of Crown land remaining unalienated due to a size discrepancy between the land survey and the actual division.[1]
- 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 Editions, number 30, page 52:
- […] we may smile at the indignation about the assistant surveyors and the green slips of South Australia.
- 1840, South Australian Colonization Commission, British House of Commons, Fourth Annual Report of the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia, page 21:
- Police Preventive Stations at
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11. The Reed-beds, Green-slip, near to section 448, district A.
- 1878, John Wrathall Bull, Early Experiences of Colonial Life in South Australia[2], page 200:
- 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.
- (Australia, New South Wales) A certificate of third party personal liability insurance, required in order to register a motor vehicle.[2]
- 2005, Jane Egginton, Working & Living Australia[3], page 150:
- 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.
- 2009, Deborah Penrith, Jodie Seal, Live & Work in Australia, page 238:
- 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.
- 2010, Danny Ong, The International Students′ Handbook: Living and Studying in Australia[4], page 106:
- In some states, a minimum form of car insurance is compulsory when you register a car. 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. CTP does not cover damage to vehicles.
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- ^ “green slip”, entry in 1989, Joan Hughes, Australian Words and Their Origins, page 241.
- ^ “Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2006 August 1 (last accessed), archived from the original on 13 August 2006