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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1681
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Permutative, a. [Cf. med. L. permutative adv. = by way of variation, L. permūtāt- p.p. stem of permūtāre Permut(e v., e.m.E. permutate v. (1597) to permute, exchange.] Involving exchange, permutatory. — 1681 Stair Inst. i. x. § 14. (1832) 103.
It is the property of permutative contracts that the purpose of the contractors is to keep an equality in the … value of the things … interchanged
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