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Coemption

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The act of purchasing the whole quantity of any commodity. Wharton.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The buying up of the supply of a commodity for the purpose of controlling prices; in Roman law, a civil marriage in which money was paid on both sides.