Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of pledging or pawning.
- noun In civil law, the holding of cattle that have done damage as security till satisfaction is made. See
pignus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of pledging or pawning.
- noun (Civil Law) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
pledging orpawning . - noun law The taking of
cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, untilcompensation is made.
Etymologies
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Latin pignoratio, Latin pigneratio, from pignerate to pledge, from pignus, gen. pignous and pigneris, a pledge, a pawn: compare French pignoration.
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