contractor, ōris, m. [contraho, I. B. 2.],
one who makes a contract, a contractor , Cod. Just. 5, 5, 8; cf. Cod. Th. 10, 6, 3.
·noun One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for anoth...
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The charterer or freighter of a vessel. ...
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