Reward
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A recompense or premium offered by government or an individual in return for special or extraordinary servicos to be performed or for special attainments or achievements or for some act resulting to the benefit of the public; as, a reward for useful inventions, for the discovery and apprehension of criminals, for the restoration of lost property.
See Kinn v. First Nat Bank, 118 Wis. 537, 95 N. W. 969, 99 Am. St. Rep. 1012; Campbell v. Mercer, 108 Ga. 103, 33 S. E. 871.