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Fiduciary Contract

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

An agreement by which a person delivers a thing to another on the condition that he will restore it to him. The following formula was employed: Ut inter bonos agere oportet, ne propter te fidemque tuam frauda. Cicero de Offlc. lib. 3, c. 13; Lee. Dr. Civ. §§ 237, 238. See 2 How. (U. S.) 202, 208; 6 Watts & S. (Pa.) 18; 7 Watts (Pa.) 415.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A contract by which one intrusted with goods agrees to redeliver them.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

An agreement by which a person delivers a thing to another on the condition that he will restore it to him. The following formula was employed: Ut inter bonos agier oportet et sine fraudatione. Cicero, de Offic. lib. 3, cap. 17; Leg. du Dr. Civ. Rom. § 237. See Chapman v. Forsyth, 2 How. (U. S.) 202, 11 L. Ed. 236; Fisk v. Sarber, 6 W. & S. (Pa.) 18; McGinn v. Shaeffer, 7 Watts (Pa.) 415.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An agreement by which a person delivers a thing to another on the condition that he will restore it to him.

Defined under Fiduoiary in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

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