Mutuum
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
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 com, wine, or money which is to be used or consumed, and is to be replaced by other corn, wine, or money.
Story, Ballm. § 228.
See Loan fob Use. MYSTERY (said to be derived from the French meatier, now written metidr, a trade). A trade, art, or occupation. (Jo. 2d Inst. 668. Masters frequently bind themselves in the indentures with their apprentices to teach them their art, trade, and mystery. See Hawk. PI. Cr. c. 23, s. 11.