contrahent
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin contrahens.
Adjective
[edit]contrahent (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
[edit]contrahent (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
[edit]Verb
[edit]contrahent