COMMODATE, in Scots law, is a gratuitous loan, wherein the property of the thing but continues with the lender, and only the use of it given to the borrower, who must restore the individual thing borrowed. See SCOTS LAW, title, Obligations and contracts in general. COMMODITY, in a general sense, denotes all sorts of wares and merchandizes whatsoever that a person deals or trades in. Staple Commodities, such wares and merchandizes as are