مُكَاتَبَةٌ

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مُكَاتَبَةٌIII and are syn.: you say, كاتب صَدِيقَهُ He wrote to his friend: and تكاتبا They wrote, one to the other.
2 كاتبهُ, Verbal.Noun مُكَاتَبَةٌ and كِتَابٌ, He made a written [or other] contract with him , that he should pay a certain sum as the price of himself, and on the payment thereof be free: also he made such a contract with him : and تكاتبا They two made such a contract, one with the other. The slave in this case is called مُكَاتَبٌ and also مُكَاتِبٌ; and so is the master; the act being mutual. [But the lawyers in the present day call the slave مُكَاتَبٌ only; and the master, مُكَاتِبٌ.] الكِتَابَةُ, signifying “ what is written, ” is tropically used by the professors of practical law as syn. with المُكَاتَبَةُ, because the contract above mentioned was generally written; and is so used by them when nothing is written. It was thus called in the age of el-Islám, accord. to Az. These two words are said by Z to be syn.; but it is thought that he may have written the former by mistake for الكِتَابُ, adding the ة by a slip of the pen.

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