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Gratification
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GratificationA reward given voluntarily for some service or benefit rendered, without being requested so to do, either expressly or by implication.
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Reward
An offer of recompense given by authority of law for the performance of some act for the public good; which, when the act has been performed, is to be paid; or it is the recompense actually paid.
Service
1) Contracts. The being employed to serve another. 2) Feudal law. That duty which the tenant owes to his lord, by reason of his fee or estate. 3) Practice. To execute a writ or process; as, to serve a writ of capias signifies to arrest a defendant under the process;
Benefit
This word is used in the same sense as gain and profits.
Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.
Implication
An inference of something not directly declared, but arising from what is admitted or expressed.
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Gratis
Without reward or consideration.
Gratis dictum
Assaying not required; a statement voluntarily made without necessity.
Gratuitous contract
Civil law. One, the object of which is for the benefit of the person with whom it is made, without any profit, received or promised, as a consideration for it as, for example, a gift.
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Grant
Conveyancing, concessio. Technically speaking, grants are applicable to the conveyance of incorporeal rights, though in the largest sense, the term comprehends everything that is granted or passed from one to another, and is applied to every species of property. Grant is one of the usual words in a feoffment, and differs but little except in the subject-matter; for the operative words used in grants are dedi et concessi, "have given and granted."
Grant, bargain, and sell
By the laws of the states of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Missouri, and Alabama, it is declared that the words grant, bargain, and sell) shall amount to a covenant that the grantor was seised of an estate in fee, freed from encumbrances done or suffered by him, and for quiet enjoyment as against all his acts. These words do not amount to a general warranty, but merely to a covenant that the grantor has not done any acts nor created any, encumbrance, by which the estate may be defeated.
Grantee
He to whom a grant is made.
Grantor
He by whom a grant is made.
Grasshearth
Old English law. The name of an ancient customary service of tenants doing one day's work for their landlord.
Gratification
Gratis
Without reward or consideration.
Gratis dictum
Assaying not required; a statement voluntarily made without necessity.
Gratuitous contract
Civil law. One, the object of which is for the benefit of the person with whom it is made, without any profit, received or promised, as a consideration for it as, for example, a gift.
Gravamen
The grievance complained of; the substantial cause, of the action.
Grave
A place where a dead body is interred. The violation of the grave, by taking up the dead body, or stealing the coffin or grave clothes, is a misdemeanor at common law.
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Reward
An offer of recompense given by authority of law for the performance of some act for the public good; which, when the act has been performed, is to be paid; or it is the recompense actually paid.
Service
1) Contracts. The being employed to serve another. 2) Feudal law. That duty which the tenant owes to his lord, by reason of his fee or estate. 3) Practice. To execute a writ or process; as, to serve a writ of capias signifies to arrest a defendant under the process;
Benefit
This word is used in the same sense as gain and profits.
Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.
Implication
An inference of something not directly declared, but arising from what is admitted or expressed.
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Gratis
Without reward or consideration.
Gratis dictum
Assaying not required; a statement voluntarily made without necessity.
Gratuitous contract
Civil law. One, the object of which is for the benefit of the person with whom it is made, without any profit, received or promised, as a consideration for it as, for example, a gift.
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Grant
Conveyancing, concessio. Technically speaking, grants are applicable to the conveyance of incorporeal rights, though in the largest sense, the term comprehends everything that is granted or passed from one to another, and is applied to every species of property. Grant is one of the usual words in a feoffment, and differs but little except in the subject-matter; for the operative words used in grants are dedi et concessi, "have given and granted."
Grant, bargain, and sell
By the laws of the states of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Missouri, and Alabama, it is declared that the words grant, bargain, and sell) shall amount to a covenant that the grantor was seised of an estate in fee, freed from encumbrances done or suffered by him, and for quiet enjoyment as against all his acts. These words do not amount to a general warranty, but merely to a covenant that the grantor has not done any acts nor created any, encumbrance, by which the estate may be defeated.
Grantee
He to whom a grant is made.
Grantor
He by whom a grant is made.
Grasshearth
Old English law. The name of an ancient customary service of tenants doing one day's work for their landlord.
Gratification
Gratis
Without reward or consideration.
Gratis dictum
Assaying not required; a statement voluntarily made without necessity.
Gratuitous contract
Civil law. One, the object of which is for the benefit of the person with whom it is made, without any profit, received or promised, as a consideration for it as, for example, a gift.
Gravamen
The grievance complained of; the substantial cause, of the action.
Grave
A place where a dead body is interred. The violation of the grave, by taking up the dead body, or stealing the coffin or grave clothes, is a misdemeanor at common law.
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