contrahent

English

Etymology

From Latin contrahens.

Adjective

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

Noun

contrahent (plural contrahents)

One of the parties entering into a contract.

References

“contrahent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

contrahent

third-person plural future active indicative of contrahō

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