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Webster 1913 Edition


Coemption

Co-emp′tion

(?; 215)
,
Noun.
[L.
coëmptio
, fr.
coëmere
to buy up. See
Emption
.]
The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity.
[R.]
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Coemption

COEMPTION

,
Noun.
The act of purchasing the whole quantity of any commodity.

Definition 2024


coemption

coemption

English

Noun

coemption (plural coemptions)

  1. The buying of the entire supply of a commodity
  2. A form of civil marriage (in Roman law) in which a fictitious sale of the man and wife took place