coemption

English

Noun

coemption (countable and uncountable, plural coemptions)

1. (economics) The buying of the entire supply of a commodity.
2. (historical) A form of civil marriage (in Roman law) in which a fictitious sale of the man and wife took place.

Derived terms

• fiduciary coemption

Related terms

• coemptionator
• coemptive