PROMUTUUM
\pɹˈɒmjuːtjˌuːəm], \pɹˈɒmjuːtjˌuːəm], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_m_j_uː_t_j_ˌuː_ə_m]\
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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, s. 1, a. 1.
By Henry Campbell Black
Word of the day
hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.