Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Lucrative

adj. 1. Profitable; remunerative <a lucrative business>. 2. Civil law. Acquired or held without accepting burdensome conditions or giving consideration <lucrative ownership>.

lucrative bailment

See bailment for hire under BAILMENT.

lucrative office

1. A position that produces fee revenue or a salary to the office holder. 2. A position that yields a salary adequate to the services rendered and exceeding incidental expenses; a position whose pay is tied to the performance of the office's duties.

lucrative title

Civil law. A title acquired without giving anything in exchange for the property; title by which a person acquires anything that comes as a clear gain, as by gift, descent, or devise. ( Because lucrative title is usu. acquired by gift or inheritance, it is treated as the separate property of a married person. Cf. onerous title.