non-fungible
English
Adjective
- Alternative form of nonfungible
- 1880, Thomas Erskine Holland, The Elements of Jurisprudence, 12th edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1916, page 107:
- Horses, slaves, and so forth, are non-fungible things, because they differ individually in value and cannot be exchanged indifferently one for another.
Noun
non-fungible (plural non-fungibles)
- Alternative form of nonfungible
- 2005, Alison Clarke, Paul Kohler, Property Law, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 52:
- Roman law draws a distinction between fungibles and non-fungibles which looks superficially the same as the thing/wealth distinction but is in fact different. A thing is fungible if it is not unique, in the sense that, if lost, it could be replaced by a thing that is to all intents and purposes identical.
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