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hўpŏthēca

hўpŏthēca · f

a pledge

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What it meant

hўpŏthēca — Lewis & Short

hўpŏthēca, ae, f., = u(poqh/kh,

I a pledge, security (esp. of immovable things; whereas pignus is used of movable things; cf. also: arra, arrabo), a mortgage, Just. Inst. 4, 6, § 7; Dig. 13, 7, 9; 20, 1, 2 et saep. (in Cic. Fam. 13, 56, 2, written as Greek).—Hence, hўpŏthēcārĭus, a, um, adj. hypotheca, of or relating to a mortgage: actio, Dig. 20, 4, 1 fin.: creditor, id. 42, 7, 1.

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