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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

In Civil Law. He who promised by a simple pact to pay the debt of another; and this is always a principal obligation.

Inst 4. 6. 9.

CONSTITUTUM (Lat). An agreement to pay a subsisting debt which exists without any stipulation, whether of the promisor or another party. It differs from a stipu- A day appointed for any purpose. A form of appeal. Calvinus, Lex.