Fonds Perdus
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In French law. A capital is said to be invested @ fonds perdus when it is stipulated that in consideration of the payment of an amount as interest, higher than the normal rate, the lender shall be re paid his capitalin this manner. The borrower, after having paid the interest during the period determined, is free as regards the cap ital itself.
Arg. Fr. Mere. Law, 560,