Hypotheca

·noun An obligation by which property of a debtor was made over to his creditor in security of his debt.

hypotheca
hypŏthēca, ae, f., = ὑποθήκη, I a pledge , security (esp. of immovable things; whereas pignus is u...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
hypotheca
A mortgage. In the civil law, was where the thing pledged remained with the debtor. ...

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