contrahent

Etymology

From Latin contrahens.

contrahent means Entering into covenant; contracting. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

adj

Entering into covenant; contracting.“a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon the one suiting with the one party contrahent ; the other with the other”

noun

One of the parties entering into a contract.