Latin term meaning 'contract' or 'agreement', used in formal legal and historical documents.
Latin past participle of 'contrahere' (to draw together, to bind together), the root of the English 'contract'. This is the Latin nominative form preserved in legal usage.
You'll see 'contractus' in old deeds and medieval documents—it's the direct Latin ancestor of 'contract', showing how Romans formalized business agreements 2,000 years ago.
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