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Commodate

Commodate \Com"mo*date\, n. [L. commodatum thing lent, loan.] (Scots Law) A gratuitous loan.

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commodate

n. (context Scotland legal English) A gratuitous loan.

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Commodate

In civil law and Scots Law, a commodate (commodatum) is a gratuitous loan; a loan, or free concession of anything moveable or immoveable, for a certain timeframe, on condition of restoring again the same individual after a certain time.

It is a kind of loan, or contract, with one difference: the commodate is gratis, and does not transfer the property; the thing must be returned in essence, and without deterioration, so that things which consume by use, or time, cannot be objects of a commodate, but of a loan, because although they may be returned in kind, they cannot in identity.

Usage examples of "commodate".

He muttered something against her throat, but its meaning was lost as his body spoke for him, the hard pressure of him against her sending all rational thoughts flying from Rue's mind, tiny mewling sounds of pleasure and impatience rising in her throat as she did her best to ac commodate the hard thrust of his flesh, moving her body eagerly against his, tiny shivers of delight convulsing through her as he moaned against her skin and his hands found her breasts and kneaded their fullness through the cotton of her nightshirt, increasing the ever-growing ache between her thighs.

The professor's cubicle had exactly enough room to ac commodate a desk and computer and two chairs and a clutter limit that the professor had far exceeded.