Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Roman and Scots law, a loan or grant revocable at the discretion of the lender or grantor.
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Examples
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XLIII, xxvi); it differed from it inasmuch as the "precarium" could have for its object either moveable or fixed goods and was revocable at the pleasure of the proprietor.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Decretals) is based on the "precarium" of the Roman Law (De precario,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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After the termination of a precarium, for instance, fingitur fundus nunquam fuisse possessus ab ipso detentore.
The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888
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