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Webster 1913 Edition

Commutative

Com-mut′a-tive

,
Adj.
[CF. F.
commutatif
.]
1.
Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal.
–
Com-mut′a-tive′ly
,
adv.
Rich traders, from their success, are presumed . . . to have cultivated an habitual regard to
commutative
justice.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition

Commutative

COMMUTATIVE

,
Adj.
Relative to exchange; interchangeable; mutually passing from one to another; as commutative justice, justice which is mutually done and received, between men in society.
To cultivate an habitual regard to commutative justice.

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