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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
or loan for consump. tion, tn contracts, is a loan of personal chattels to be consumed by the borrower, and to be returned to the lender in kind and quantity; as a loan of corn, wine, or money, which are to be used or consumed, and are to be replaced by other corn, wine, or money.
Story on Bailm. § 228; Louis. Code, tit. 12, c. 2; Aylhff’s Pand. 481; Poth. Pand. tom.
22, This word is said to be derived from the French mestter now written métter, a trade. In law it signifies a trade, art, or occupation.
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