pledgeen.

1737 Parl. Deb. (1740) XV. 163 If war or any other accident should raise the natural interest of money, a pledgee or mortgagee could insist upon payment, or a higher interest.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xxv. 396 In case of goods pledged or pawned upon condition, either to repay money or otherwise; both the pledgor and pledgee have a qualified, but neither of them an absolute, property therein.

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Acct. Bks. 59/2 The whole amount due to the pledgee must be paid before the pledge can be demanded.

1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) ii. §64 This..may be said to rest on the assent of the pledgor..which empowered the pledgee to sell in default of payment.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 13 Apr. 9/2 Mr. Lush said he was not there to excuse conduct which he agreed was dishonourable; but he would point out that the pledgee's right on property was not a right on articles.

1983 Halsbury's Laws Eng. XLI. 741 Upon a transfer of a document of title by way of pledge, the pledgee is entitled as against the unpaid seller to be paid only the sum for which the instrument was specifically pledged.

2003 Internat. Financial Law Rev. (Nexis) 1 Dec. s17 Transfer of title and new pledge arrangements that allow the pledgee to convey and otherwise dispose of the pledged assets.

1924 Washington Post 3 Feb. ii. 12/7 Mu chapter, Sigma Delta Kappa, held a banquet..last night in honor of the newly initiated members. Pledgees Stephens Bederhoit, Henderson and Worthington, of the first year class, attended.

1960 A. M. Lilienthal There goes Middle East (ed. 3) vii. 106 157 seats were won by signers of the..pledge... This was a number insufficient to block Mutual Security appropriations, even had all these pledgees wished to adhere to their election campaign promise.

1999 Contempora Mag. (Nexis) 31 Mar. 2 A linkage of brotherhood and sisterhood are ingrained into each pledgee.