Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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honorarium

n. 1. A payment of money or anything of value made to a person for services rendered for which fees cannot legally be or are not traditionally paid. ( Federal law restricts the payment of honoraria to members of Congress. 2. A voluntary reward for that for which no remuneration could be collected by law; a voluntary donation in consideration of services that admit of no compensation in money. 3. Roman law. A gratuitous payment, esp. for professional services, as distinguished from compensation for physical labor. Pl. honoraria. Cf MERCES

jus honorarium

n. [Latin "magisterial law"] Roman law. The body of law established by the edicts of the supreme magistrates, including the praetors (jus praetorium) and the aediles (jus aedilium).