Commodate
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Scotch law. A loan for use. Ersk. Inst. bk. 3, tit. 1, § 20; 1 Bell, Comm. 225. COMMODATI ACTIO (Lat.) See "Actio Commodatio," etc.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Scotch Law. A gratuitous loan for use. Erskine, lust. b. 3, t. 1, § 20; 1 Bell, Com. 225. The implied contract of the borrower is to return the thing borrowed in the same condition as received. Judge Story regrets that this term has not been adopted, as mandate has been from mandatum. Story, Bailm. § 221. Ayliffe, in his Pandects, has gone further and terms the bailor the comn and the bailee the commodatory, thus avoiding those circumlocutions which, in the common phraseology of our law, have become almost indispensable. Ayliffe, Pand. b. 4, t. 16, p. 517. Brown, in his Civil Law, vol. 1, 352, calls the property loaned "commodatcd property." C0MM0DAT0. In Spanish Law. A contract by which one person lends gratuitously to another some object not consumable, to be restored to him in kind at a given period.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In Scots law. A gratuitous loan for use.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In Scotch law. A gratuitous loan for use. Ersk. Inst. b. 3, tit. 1, § 20. Closely formed from the Lat. commodatum, (q. v.)
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
contracts. A term used in the Scotch law, which is synonymous to the latin commodatum, or loan for use. Ersk. Inst. B. 3, t. 1, § 20; 1 Bell's Com. 225; Ersk. Pr. Laws of Scotl. B. 3, t. 1 § 9. Judge Story regrets this term has not been adopted and naturalized as mandate has been from mandatum. Story, Com. § 221. Ayliffe, in his Pandects, has gone further and terms the bailor the commodant and the bailee the commodatory, thus avoiding those circumlocutions, which, in the common phraseology of our law, have become almost indispensable. Ayl. Pand. B. 4, t. 16, p. 517. Browne, in his Civil Law, vol. 1, 352, calls the property loaned "commodated property." See Borrower, Loan for use, Lender.