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Commodatum. He who lends to another a thing for a definite time, to be enjoyed and used under certain conditions, without any pay or reward, is called commodans; the person who receives the thing is called commodatarius, and the contract is called commodatum. It differs from locatio and conductio in this, that the use of the thing is gratuitous, Dig. 13, tit. 6; Instit. Iii. 2, 14.