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‖ respondentia|rɛspɒnˈdɛnʃ(ɪ)ə|
[mod.L.]
A loan upon the cargo of a vessel, to be repaid (with maritime interest) only if the goods arrive safe at their destination. (Cf. bottomry.)
1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. II. xxxiii. 14 There was one Captain Perrin Master of a Ship, who took up about 500{pstlg} on respondentia.., payable at his Return to Bengal. 1755N. Magens Insurances II. 353 Merchants and other Traders frequently lend Money on Bottomree or at Respondentia and cause their Vessels with their Cargoes to be insured. 1803Ann. Rev. I. 382/2 He begins money with Homer's oxen, and respondentia-bonds in the Cimmerian Bosphorus. 1867Smyth Sailor's Work-bk. 570 Upon respondentia the lender must be paid his principal and interest, though the ship perish, provided the goods be safe. 1898Green's Encycl. Law Scot. X. 323 It is essential to the validity of a bond of respondentia that it should have been granted for the benefit of the cargo. |