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Lent

Lent [fr. lenten, Sax., spring], the time from Ash Wednesday to

A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent hence a simple fellow

halfpenny per month for every 2s. or fraction of 2s. lent. On a loan of above 40s., one halfpenny per month

must suffer the borrower to use and enjoy the thing lent during the time of the loan, according to the original

henceforth entered into by infants for the repayment of money lent, or to be lent, or for goods supplied, or to

Quadragesima, the time of Lent, because consisting of forty days. Quadragesima Sunday is the first

Mutuum, a loan whereby the absolute property in the thing lent passes to the borrower, it being for consumption, and he

another a thing for use on condition that the thing lent shall be returned with or without compensation for the use

(2) Commodatum. Where goods or chattels that are useful are lent to the bailee gratis, to be used by him. See

Belonging to Lent used in Lent Lenten