GRATUITOUS CONTRACT Definition & Meaning

gratuitous contract

noun

Law.

a contract for the benefit of only one of the parties, the other party receiving nothing as consideration.

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Origin of gratuitous contract¹

First recorded in 1650–60

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In practice one may follow the rule that a liberal promise or wager or other gratuitous contract obliges only from fidelity with no duty of restitution, unless it be certain that the promisor intended to bind himself in justice.

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In a gratuitous contract all the advantage is on one side, as when Titius does not hire but borrows a horse.

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