Gratuitous Contract
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In civil law. One the object of which is for the benefit of the person with whom it is made, vrithout any profit, received or promised, as a consideration for it; as, for example, a gift. 1 Bouv. Inst, note 709.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Civil Law. One the object of which is the benefit of the person with whom it is made, without any profit, received or promised, as a consideration for it: as, for example, a gift. It is sometimes called a contract of beneficence. It is the result of a classification of contracts, in relation to the motive for making them, under which they are termed either gratuitous or onerous. A contract is onerous when a party is required by its terms or nature to do or give something as a consideration, Howe, Studies in the Civil Law 107.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the civil law. One which tends wholly to the benefit or advantage of one of the parties, without any compensation, proiit, or gain moving to the other.