General Power of Attorney:
A document which gives your selected representative broad authority to make decisions relating to your assets.

Gift in Kind:
A gift of an asset other than money.

Gift to the Crown:
A donation to a provincial or federal government body or a Crown foundation. The recipient of the gift would be authorized to raise money for public institutions such as hospitals, universities, libraries and museums.

Grant of Probate:
A certificate confirming the authority set out in a will to administer a particular estate; issued to an Executor by the court. Also called Grant of Letters Probate and Letters Probate.

Group Insurance:
Insurance that provides coverage for several people under one insurance contract.

Group Ordinary Life Insurance:
Group life insurance in which at least part of the coverage is permanent and builds a cash value.

Guardian:
The person named to be legally responsible for the minor children should both parents die.