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bounty definition - legal

n

  1. A benefit, premium, or reward offered or given, especially by a government, to cause a person to take some specific action.
  2. A gift or favor generously bestowed.
  3. Liberality in giving.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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