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Mutuum

Mutuum, a loan whereby the absolute property in the thing lent passes to the borrower, it being for consumption, and he being bound to restore, not the same thing,

Lend and loan

Lend and loan, to deliver to another a thing for use on condition that the thing lent shall be returned with or without compensation for the use made of it by the person to whom

Bailment

v. Bush & Co., (1898) 2 QB 284. (2) Commodatum. Where goods or chattels that are useful are lent to the bailee gratis, to be used by him. See Coughlin v. Gillison, (1899) 1 QB 145. (3)

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Carnival

A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent esp at Rome and Naples during a few days three to ten before Lent ending with Shrove Tuesday

Bottomry

and binds the ship and sometimes the accruing freight as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship if she terminates her voyage successfully If the ship is lost by

loan

loan 1 a : money lent at interest b : something lent usually for the borrower's temporary use 2 : a transfer or delivery

L'tare jerusalem

L'tare jerusalem, Lent or Easter offerings, so called from these words in the hymn of the day. They are also denominated

Deposit-taking business

Banking Act, 1987 if (1) in the course of the business money received by way of deposit is lent to others, or (2) any other activity of the business is financed, wholly or to any material extent,

Embring days or ember days

the church; they are observed on the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday next after (a) the first Sunday in Lent; (b) Whit Sunday; (c) Holyrood Day, September 14; and (d) St. Lucy's Day, December 13, Brit. c. liii.;

Employer

employer, and the legal representatives of a deceased employer, and, where the services of a workman are temporarily lent or let on hire to another person by the person with whom the workman has entered into a

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