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Commodato

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

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.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

(Spanish) A contract for a gratuitous loan of a chattel.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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; the same contract as commodatum, (ff. v.)

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In Spanish law. A abs by one gratui- Mage oe ne me tously to another som: onsuma- Bon io een - - a * - wan period; ‘ the same contract as commodatum i tert.) time, fo ba enjoyed and used under certain conditions, without any pay or reward, is called “commodans;” the person who receives the thing is called “eommedatarius,” and the contraet is called “commodatum.” It differs from locatio and conductio, in this: that the use of the thing is gratuitous. Dig. 13, 6; Inst. 3,2, 14; Story, Bailm. § 221.