Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Gratuitous assignment
an assignment given or taken in either of two ways: (1) in exchange for a performance or return promise that would be consideration for a promise; or (2) as security for - or in total or partial satisfaction of - a preexisting obligation.
Gratuitous bailment
A bailment for which the bailee receives no compensatibn, as when one borrows a friend's car. 0 a gratuitous bailee is liable for loss of the property only if the loss is caused by the bailee's gross negligence. - also termed naked bailment; depositum; naked deposit; gratuitous deposit; deposit.
gratuitous
adj. 1. Done or performed without obligation to do so; given without consideration <gratuitous promise>. Cf ONEROUS (3). 2. Done unnecessarily <gratuitous obscenities>. - gratuity, n.
gratuitous allowance
a pension voluntarily granted by a public entity. ( the gratuitous (rather than contractual) nature of this type of allowance gives the pensioner no vested rights in the allowance.
gratuitous allowance.
See ALLOWANCE (1).
gratuitous assignment.
See ASSIGNMENT (2).
gratuitous bailment.
See BAILMENT.
gratuitous consideration
Consideration that, not being founded on any detriment to the party who gives it, will not support a contract; a performance for which a party was already obligated.
gratuitous consideration.
See CONSIDERATION.
gratuitous contract
A contract made for the benefit of a promisee who does not give consideration to the promisor. - Also termed contract of beneficence; contract of benevolence. Cf. onerous contract.
gratuitous contract.
See CONTRACT.
gratuitous deed
See deed of gift under DEED.
gratuitous deposit.
See gratuitous bailment under BAILMENT.
gratuitous gift
A gift made without consideration, as most gifts are. 9 Strictly speaking, the term looks redundant, but it answers to the donum gratuitum of Roman law.
gratuitous gift.
See GIFT
gratuitous promise
A promise made in exchange for nothing; a promise not supported by consideration. ( A gratuitous promise is not ordinarily legally enforceable. - Also termed bare promise; naked promise.
gratuitous promise.
See PROMISE.
gratuitous surety
A surety who is not compensated for becoming obliged to the creditor. ( Perhaps the most common example is the parent who signs as a surety for a child. subsurety. See SUBSURETY.
gratuitous surety.
See SURETY.