Precarium

Lat.

In the civll law. A convention whereby one allows another the use of a thing or the exercise of a right gratuitously tlll revocation. The bailee acquires thereby the lawful possession of the thing, except in certain cases. The bailor can redemand the thing at any time, even should he have allowed it to the ballee for a designated period. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 447.

I. Precarious; held as by mere entreaty; depending on the will and pleasure of another. Precarium nomen: a precarious titla In the civil law. A gratuitous loan, upon request and revocable at pleasure, in which the lender grants the use of the subject in express woi"ds.

A thing held by entreaty — at the will of another. A contract by which a thing was delivered into the custody of a person until such time as the owner might want it back.*