Promutuum
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Promutuum, a quasi-contract, by which he who receives a certain sum of money, or a certain quantity of fungible things, delivered to him through mistake contracts the obligation of restoring as much.
It resembles the contract of mutuum: (1) That in both a sum of money or some fungible things are required. (2) That in both there must be a transfer of the property in the thing. (3) That in both there must be returned the same amount or quantity of the thing received, Civ. Law.
It resembles the contract of mutuum: (1) That in both a sum of money or some fungible things are required. (2) That in both there must be a transfer of the property in the thing. (3) That in both there must be returned the same amount or quantity of the thing received, Civ. Law.
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