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gift

gift 1 : an intentional and gratuitous transfer of real or personal property by a donor with legal capacity who actually or constructively delivers the

donation

that does not have a sufficient reciprocal consideration (as a proportional price) so that it is considered a gratuitous donation and must meet the statutory requirements for a donation (as a notarial act) to be valid called

deposit

purchase price or may be considered partial payment. 3 in the civil law of Louisiana a : the gratuitous transfer of possession of movable property to another for a limited time or specified purpose such that the

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bailment

property by accident or mistake (as by finding it or receiving a mistaken delivery) called also involuntary bailment gratuitous bailment : a bailment in which there is no compensation or benefit to one party ;esp : one

Commodatum

is called commodatum. It differs from locatio and conductio in this, that the use of the thing is gratuitous, Dig. 13, tit. 6; Instit. Iii. 2, 14.

Bailment by deposit

Bailment by deposit, is a bailment of a chattel, to be kept for the bailor gratuitously, and returned upon demand, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, 4th Edn., Para 1806, p. 835.

Municipal corporation

be such. He may, and in some towns does, receive a moderate salary. The aldermen and councillors serve gratuitously. The council thus constituted manages the corporate property, having as officers a 'town clerk,' a 'treasurer,' and such

Mandate

subject of the contract, or some act or business to be done; (2) that it should be done gratuitously; (3) that the parties should voluntarily intend to enter into the contract. A mandatary incurs three obligations: (1)

Justices

Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 48), s. 2. These justices ('stipendiary magistrates' excepted: see MAGISTRATE) act gratuitously, receiving no salary or fees. By the (English) Justices Qualification Act, 1744 (18 Geo. 2, c. 20), every

Deposit (Bailment)

Bailment by deposit may be defined as a bailment of a chattel, to be kept for the bailor gratuitously and returned upon demand, Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 1806, p. 835.

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