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Gratuitous

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Without valuable or le-gui consideration. A term applied to deeds of conveyance and to bailments and other contracts.

In old English law

Voluntary; without force, fear, or favor. Bract, fols.

11, 17.

As to gratuitous "Bailment," "Contract," and "Deposit," see those titles.