impignoration
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin impignoratio: compare French impignoration.
Noun
[edit]impignoration (plural impignorations)
- (obsolete) The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.
- 1871, An Institute of the Law of Scotland, volume 2:
- Because the special subject pledged continues the debtor's property, therefore if it perishes during the impignoration, it perishes to the debtor, according to the rule stated above, § 20.