单词 | nexum |
释义 | nexumn. Roman Law. Usually italicized. A form of binding obligation between a creditor and a debtor, whereby the debtor automatically becomes the bondsman of the creditor in the event of non-payment. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > [noun] > specific obligations trimoda necessitasc975 diligence1622 nexum1886 no-right1913 1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 677/2 Making a creditor's right of self-redress by apprehension..and confinement of his debtor conditional on the observance of the prescribed formalities of the nexum. 1900 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 9 106 A mortgage of the person of the debtor to the creditor which possesses all the rigor of the old Roman nexum. 1959 Amer. Hist. Rev. 64 615 The procedures that..made the law of obligations more equitable and flexible through the practical abolition of the nexum, the rise of more varied and simple formulae, [etc.]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886 |
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