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Without reward or consideration. 2. When a bailee undertakes to perform some act or work gratis, he is answerable for his gross negligence, if any loss should be sustained in consequence of it; but a distinction exists between non-feasance and misfeasance; between a total omission to do an act which one gratuitously promises to do, and a culpable negligence in the execution of … [Read more...] about GRATIS

By this, term, in the English law, is, meant all manner of beasts except sheep and yearlings. … [Read more...] about GREAT CATTLE

A voluntary assertion; a statement which a party is not legally bound to make, or in which he is not held to precise accuracy. 2 Kent, Comm. 486, Medbury v. Watson, 6 Mete. (Mass.) 260, 39 Am. Dec. 726. … [Read more...] about GRATIS DICTUM

The name of the charter granted by the English King John, securing to the English people their principal liberties; magna charta. … [Read more...] about GREAT CHARTER

(A) An act that is lacking in good reason or is unwarranted. (B) Something given or done that is voluntary or free of charge. Without valuable or legal consideration. A term applied to deeds of conveyance and to bailments and other contracts. In old English law. Voluntary; without force, fear, or favor. Bract, fols. 11, 17. As to gratuitous "Bailment," "Contract," and … [Read more...] about GRATUITOUS