Mutuum

Defined in 10 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A loan of personal chattels to be consumed by the borrower, and to be returned to the lender in kind and quantity; as, a loan of com, wine, or money, which are to be used or consumed, and are to be replaced by other corn, wine, or money. Story, Bailm. § 228. See "Loan for Consumption"; "Loan and Use." MY (Law Pr.) Half; middle. En my leu, in the middle place; in the middle. Bntt. c. 119. Per my et per tout, by the half or moiety, and by all. 2 BI. Comm. 182.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A lending by a mutuant to a mutuary of things to be consumed and returned to the lender in kind. See 29 N. Y. 146.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A loan of personal chattels to be consumed by the borrower and to be returned to the lender in kind and quantity; as, a loan of com, wine, or money which is to be used or consumed, and is to be replaced by other corn, wine, or money. Story, Ballm. § 228. See Loan fob Use. MYSTERY (said to be derived from the French meatier, now written metidr, a trade). A trade, art, or occupation. (Jo. 2d Inst. 668. Masters frequently bind themselves in the indentures with their apprentices to teach them their art, trade, and mystery. See Hawk. PI. Cr. c. 23, s. 11.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat In the law of ball-ments. A loan for consumption; a loan of chattels, upon an agreement that the borrower may consume them, returning to the lender an equivalent In kind and quantity. Story, Ballm. § 228; Payne v. Gardiner, 29 N. Y. 167; Downes v. Phœnlx Bank, 6 Hill (N. Y.) 299; Rahilly v. Wllson, 20 Fed. Can. 181.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In the civil law. A loan for consumption; a loan of consumable goods, called res fungibiles, to be consumed, and returned in kind. My,lfr. Half; middla

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat. In the law of bailments. <A loan for consumption; a loan of chattels, upon an agreement that the borrower may consume them, returning to the lender an equivalent in kind and quantily. Story, Bailm. § 228.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

A loan of chattels to be consumed by the borrower and returned to the lender in kind and quantity.* See Deposit, 2. Mutuant; mutuary. The lender, and the borrower, respectively, in such a contract.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. A loan of turned in kind. My, fr. Half; middle. Mys./r. {^Mitter.) Put; N. L., Non liquet. N. P., Na, Nad, Navera,/r. He

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A loan for consumption. A loan of consumable goods, for consumption by the borrower, lent on condition of a return in kind. The property in the subject-matter of such a loan is transferred to the borrower, the lender being entitled only to the return of its value in kind.

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

John Bouvier · 1839

or loan for consump. tion, tn contracts, is a loan of personal chattels to be consumed by the borrower, and to be returned to the lender in kind and quantity; as a loan of corn, wine, or money, which are to be used or consumed, and are to be replaced by other corn, wine, or money. Story on Bailm. § 228; Louis. Code, tit. 12, c. 2; Aylhff’s Pand. 481; Poth. Pand. tom. 22, This word is said to be derived from the French mestter now written métter, a trade. In law it signifies a trade, art, or occupation. Masters