precarious right

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
PRECARIOUS RIGHT. The right which the owner of a thing transfers to another, 
to enjoy the same until it shall please the owner to revoke it. 
     2. If there is a time fixed during which the right may be used it is 
then vested for that time, and cannot be revoked until after its expiration. 
Wolff, Inst. Sec. 833. 
    

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