in terrorem legal definition of in terrorem. in terrorem synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.

[Latin, In fright or terror; by way of a threat.] A description of a legacy or gift given by will with the condition that the donee must not challenge the validity of the will or other testament.

Conditions of such nature, labeled in terrorem clauses, are ordinarily regarded as threats, since the potential loss of the gift is thought to provoke fear or dread of litigation over the will in the recipient.

in terrorem adjective alarmed, apprehensive, filled with anxiety, fraught with apprehension, frightened, horrified, in a state of anxiety, in fear, mortified, scared, timorous, uneasy, with an appreeension of danger, with an apprehension of harm, with an apprehension of injury, with an apprehension of punishhent, with consternation, with fright, with panic, with timidity, with trepidation
Associated concepts: in terrorem clauses, in terrorem letters

IN TERROREM. By way of threat, terror, or warning. For example, when a legacy is given to a person upon condition not to dispute the validity or the dispositions in wills and testaments, the conditions are not in general obligatory, but only in terrorem; if, therefore, there exist probabilis causa litigandi, the non-observance of the conditions will not be a forfeiture. 2 Vern. 90; 1 Hill. Ab. 253; 3 P. Wms. 344; 1 Atk. 404. But when the acquiescence of the legatee appears to be a material ingredient in the gift, the bequest is only quousque the legatee shall refrain from disturbing the will. 2 P. Wms. 52; 2 Ventr. 352. For cases of legacies given to a wife while she shall continue unmarried, see 1 Madd. R. 590; 1 Rop. Leg. 558.

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No-contest clauses, also known as in terrorem clauses, impose forfeitures on beneficiaries who seek specific forms of legal redress.

Unconscionability in the law of trusts by Horton, David / Notre Dame Law Review

Rose, Punitive Damages by Juries in Florida: In Terrorem and in Reality, 38 HARV.

Punitive damages, remunerated research, and the legal profession by Barday, Shireen A. / Stanford Law Review

ii) The essence of a penalty is a payment of money stipulated as in terrorem of the offending party; the essence of liquidated damages is a genuine covenanted pre-estimate of damage.

Penalty clauses in Canadian contract law by Veel, Paul-Erik / University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review