Promutuum
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat.
In the civil law. A quasi contract, by which he who receives a certain sum of money or a certain quantity of fungible things, which have been paid to him through mistake, contracts towards the payer the obligation of returning him as much. Poth. de l'Usure, pt 3, a 1, a. 1.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A quasi contract, koown in the civil law, by which he who receives a certain sum of money, or a certain quantity of fungible things, which have been paid to him through mistake, contracts toward the payer the obligation of restoring him as much. It resembles the contract of mutuum, (q. v.), because in both a sum of money or some fungible things are required; there must be a transfer of the property ceived must be returned. There are, however, some important differences. See Bouvier.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
civil law, is a ee quasi contract, by which he who receives a certain sum of money, or a certain quantity of fungible things, te which have been paid to him through mistake, contracts towards the payer the obligation of returning him the same. Poth. Del’Usure, 3ceme part, 8. 1, a. 1.