Precarious

Liable to be returned or rendered up at the mere demand or request of another; hence held or retained only on sufferance or by permission; and by an extension of meaning, doubtful, uncertain, dangerous, very liable to break, fail or terminate.

— Precarious circumstauces. The circumstances of an executor are precarious, within the meaning and intent of a statute, only when his character and conduct present such evidence of improvidence or recklessnss in the management of the trust-estate, or of his own. as in the opinion of prudent and discreet men endangers its security. Shields v. Shields, 60 Barb. (N. Y.) 56.

— Precarious loan. A bailment by way of loan which is not to continue for any fixed time, but may be recalled at the mere will and pleasure of the lender.

— Precarious possession. In modem civil law, possession is called "precarious" which one enjoys by the leave of another and during his pleasure. Civ. Code La. 1900, art. 3556.

— Precarious right. The right which the owner of a thing transfers to another, to enjoy the same until it shall please the owner to revoke it.

— Precarious trade. In international law. Such trade as may be carried on by a neutral between two belligerent powers by the mere sufferance of the latter.