Comodato (DCH) (Commodate (DCH))

Abstract

Spanish Abstract: El comodato era un contrato por medio del cual el poseedor de una cosa la concedía a otra persona, de manera gratuita, para cierto uso y durante un tiempo determinado, con la condición de que, cumplidos los objetivos pactados, se restituyera lo prestado. En esta contribución se abordan el tipo de cosas que se podían dar en comodato, las personas que podían dar y recibir bajo este contrato, las obligaciones para las partes que participaban en éste, las consecuencias en caso de la pérdida de la cosa, así como las acciones que se podían interponer.

English Abstract: The commodate was a type of contract through which the owner of an object granted it to another person, free of charge, for a specified use and a certain period of time. The only condition was that, upon completing the agreed-upon objective, the loaned object had to be returned. Aspects discussed in this paper include the types of objects that could be granted in commodate, the persons who could grant and receive those objects through this contract, the obligations of the parties involved, the consequences in the eventuality of the lost of the object, and the legal actions that could be interposed.

Keywords: commodate, contract, free of charge, object, restitution