Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In law, one who borrows personal chattels to be consumed by him in the use, and returned to the lender in kind.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Law) One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun law One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind.

Etymologies

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Latin mutuarius mutual. See mutuation.

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