A commodate (''commodatum''), also known as loan for use,
in
civil law and
Scots Law
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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
Gratis may refer to:
* Free, meaning without charge. See Gratis versus libre
* Gratis, Ohio, a village in Preble County, US
* Gratis Township, Preble County, Ohio, US
See also
* Free (disambiguation)
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'', 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.
References
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*''Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary'' (1913)
Scots law legal terminology
Contract law
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