contrahent
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin contrahens.
Adjective
editcontrahent (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Entering into covenant; contracting.
- a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon
- the one suiting with the one party contrahent ; the other with the other
- a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon
Noun
editcontrahent (plural contrahents)
- One of the parties entering into a contract.
References
edit- “contrahent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
editVerb
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