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Gratis
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GratisWithout reward or consideration.
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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.
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.
Consideration
Under common law, there can be no binding contract without consideration, which was defined in an 1875 English decision as "some right, interest, profit or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss or responsibility given, suffered or undertaken by the other". Common law did not want to allow gratuitous offers, those made without anything offered in exchange (such as gifts), to be given the protection of contract law. So they added the criteria of consideration. Consideration is not required in contracts made in civil law systems and many common law states have adopted laws which remove consideration as a prerequisite of a valid contract.
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Gratification
A reward given voluntarily for some service or benefit rendered, without being requested so to do, either expressly or by implication.
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, 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
A reward given voluntarily for some service or benefit rendered, without being requested so to do, either expressly or by implication.
Gratis
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.
Graveson, ronald harry
(1911-1991) English commentator on the conflicts of laws.
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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.
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.
Consideration
Under common law, there can be no binding contract without consideration, which was defined in an 1875 English decision as "some right, interest, profit or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss or responsibility given, suffered or undertaken by the other". Common law did not want to allow gratuitous offers, those made without anything offered in exchange (such as gifts), to be given the protection of contract law. So they added the criteria of consideration. Consideration is not required in contracts made in civil law systems and many common law states have adopted laws which remove consideration as a prerequisite of a valid contract.
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Gratification
A reward given voluntarily for some service or benefit rendered, without being requested so to do, either expressly or by implication.
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, 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
A reward given voluntarily for some service or benefit rendered, without being requested so to do, either expressly or by implication.
Gratis
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.
Graveson, ronald harry
(1911-1991) English commentator on the conflicts of laws.
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