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Mutuary

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A person who borrows personal chattels to be consumed by him, and returned to the lender in kind; the person who receives the benefit arising from the contract of mutuum. Story, Bailm. § 47. MUTUS (Lat.)

In civil and old English law. Dumb; mute; a dumb person. Dig. 50. 17. 124; Inst. 3. 20. 7; Fleta, lib. 2, c.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

See Mutuum.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A person who borrows personal chattels to be consumed by him and returned to the lender In kind; 'the person who receives the benefit arising from the contract of mutuum. Story, Ballm. § 47.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A person who borrows personal chattels to be consumed by him and returned to the lender in kind and quantity ; the borrower in a contract of mutuum.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

contracts. <A person who borrows personal chattels to be consumed by him, and return. ed to the lender in kind; the person who receives the benefit arising from the contract of mutuum. Story, Bailm. § 47.