Hypothec

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  • n. In Scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.
  • n. Everything; the whole lot.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as hypothecation, 1.
  • n. In Scots law, a legal lien given to a creditor upon property, to secure the payment of his demand.
    • Word Usage
    "So far then as this action is concerned, there is no difference between a pledge and a hypothec: and indeed whenever a debtor and a creditor agree that certain property of the former shall be the latter's security for his debt, the transaction is called a pledge or a hypothec indifferently."
     
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