Mutuum
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
A loan for consumption. A loan of consumable goods, for consumption by the borrower, lent on condition of a return in kind. The property in the subject-matter of such a loan is transferred to the borrower, the lender being entitled only to the return of its value in kind.