Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Precarium

[Latin] 1. Roman law. Property granted or lent, to be returned at the will of the grantor. 2. Hist. An estate or tenure arising from a precarious grant, and usu. characterized by uncertainty or arduous conditions of tenure.

jus precarium

n. [Latin] Civil law. A right to a thing held for another, for which there was no remedy by legal action but only by entreaty or request.