Honorarium
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Something given in gratitude for services rendered. It is so far of the nature of a gift that it cannot be sued for.
5 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 412; 1 Chit. Bailm. 38; 2 Atk. 332; 3 Bl. Comm. 28.
Of this character were formerly in England, though never in the United States, the fees of counsellors at law and of physicians.
See 3 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 28.