contrahentadj.n.
/ˈkɒntrəhənt/ A. adj.
Contracting, entering into a contract.
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society > law > legal obligation > contract > [adjective] > contracting
contrahent1524
contracting1720
1524 King Henry VIII Instruct. Pace in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xiii. 26 Treaties concluded..betwixt the Kings Highness, themperour, and the French King, as Princes contrahents.
a1638 J. Mede Disc. Psalms cxii. 6, in Wks. (1672) i. 82 One suiting with the one party contrahent, the other with the other.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xv. 335 Henry had found that he was not, after all, to be admitted as a party contrahent.
B. n.
A contracting party.
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society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > one who is party to > person who enters into contract
contrahent1524
contractor1548
party contractor1644
indenter1648
covenantor1649
contractant1875
proferens1928
1524 King Henry VIII Instruct. Pace in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xiii. 27 Themperour, being oon of the principal contrahents in the said treatie.
c1575 J. Balfour Practicks (1754) 29 Ane contract or obligatioun..confirmit be the aith or fide media of the contrahentis.
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