Gratification
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A reward given voluntarily for some service or benefit rendered, without being requested so to do, either expressly or by implication. GRATIS (Lat.) Without reward or consideration. GRATIS DICTUM (Lat.) A saying not required; a statement voluntarily made without necessity.