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The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
gratuitous promise — noun (law) A promise (not legally binding) made by one person to another when the latter has not provided any consideration in return (eg a promise of a gift) • • • Main Entry: ↑gratuity … Useful english dictionary
gratuitous promise — Promise made by one who has not received consideration for it. The absence of consideration makes such unenforceable as legal contracts … Black's law dictionary
gratuitous promise — Promise made by one who has not received consideration for it. The absence of consideration makes such unenforceable as legal contracts … Black's law dictionary
promise — prom·ise n: a declaration or manifestation esp. in a contract of an intention to act or refrain from acting in a specified way that gives the party to whom it is made a right to expect its fulfillment aleatory promise: a promise (as to compensate … Law dictionary
promise — A declaration which binds the person who makes it, either in honor, conscience, or law, to do or forbear a certain specific act, and which gives to the person to whom made a right to expect or claim the performance of some particular thing. A… … Black's law dictionary
gratuitous contract — see contract Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. gratuitous contract … Law dictionary
gratuitous contract — n. Law a contract for the benefit of the person for whom it is made, without a reciprocal promise of benefit to the maker … English World dictionary
Unilateral gratuitous obligations — are undertaken voluntarily and are also known as unilateral voluntary obligations or gratuitous promises. If one person promises in definite terms to do something for benefit to another, he may be under a legal obligation to keep his promise.… … Wikipedia
Divine Promise (in Scripture) — Divine Promise (in Scripture) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Divine Promise (in Scripture) The term promise in Holy Writ both in its nominal and verbal form embraces not only promises made by man to his fellowman, and by man to God in the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Merit — • By merit (meritum) in general is understood that property of a good work which entitles the doer to receive a reward from him in whose service the work is done Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Merit Merit … Catholic encyclopedia
