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1THE LEGAL NATUREOF THE MONETARYIRREGULAR-DEPOSITCONTRACT1A PRELIMINARY CLARIFICATION OF TERMS:LOAN CONTRACTS (MUTUUM AND COMMODATUM)AND DEPOSIT CONTRACTSAccording to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, a loanis “a thing lent; esp. a sum of money lent for a time, tobe returned in money or money’s worth, <strong>and</strong> usually atinterest.” 1 Traditionally there have been two types of loans:the loan for use, in which case only the use of the lent item istransferred <strong>and</strong> the borrower is obliged to return it once it hasbeen used; <strong>and</strong> the loan for consumption, where the property ofthe lent item is transferred. In the latter case, the article ish<strong>and</strong>ed over to be consumed, <strong>and</strong> the borrower is obliged toreturn something of the same quantity <strong>and</strong> quality as thething initially received <strong>and</strong> consumed. 21 <strong>The</strong> Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. (Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress, 1973), vol. 1, p. 1227.2 Manuel Albaladejo, Derecho civil II, Derecho de obligaciones, vol. 2: Loscontratos en particular y las obligaciones no contractuales (Barcelona: LibreríaBosch, 1975), p. 304.1

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