Lat. In the law of bailments. A loan for consumption; a loan of chattels, upon an agreement that the bor-rower may consume them, returning to the lender an equivalent in kind and quantity. Story, Bailm. S 228; Payne v. Gardiner, 29 N. T. 167; Downes v. Phoenix Bank, 6 Hill (N. Y.) 299; Rahilly v. wilson, 20 Fed. Cas. 181
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
