usurious contract

usurious contract definition - legal

n

A contract that imposes an illegally high interest rate on the repayment of a debt. See also usury and loan-sharking.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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