حَمَالَةٌ

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حَمَالَةٌ A bloodwit, or a debt, an obligation, or a responsibility, that must be paid, discharged, or performed, taken upon himself by a person, or taken upon themselves by a party of men, for others; as also حَمَالٌ , accord. to the T and M; or , accord. to the K: or a responsibility which one takes upon himself for a debt or a bloodwit: pl. حَمَالَاتٌ: the pl. of حمال is حُمُلٌ.

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