REDEMPTIO OPERIS
\ɹɪdˈɛmptɪˌə͡ʊ ˈɒpəɹˌɪs], \ɹɪdˈɛmptɪˌəʊ ˈɒpəɹˌɪs], \ɹ_ɪ_d_ˈɛ_m_p_t_ɪ__ˌəʊ ˈɒ_p_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_s]\
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Lat. In Roman law, a contract for the hiring or letting of services, or for the performance of a certain work in consideration of the payment of a stipulated price. It is the same contract as "locatio opcris," but regarded from the standpoint of the one who is to do the work, and who is called "redemptor opcris," while the hirer is called "locator operis." See Mackeld. Rom. Law,
By Henry Campbell Black
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