hypothec
noun
hy·poth·ec
hə̇ˈpäthik,
hīˈ-
plural -s
1
Roman & civil law : an obligation, right, or security given by contract or by operation of law to a creditor over property of the debtor without transfer of possession or title to the creditor compare pignus, pledge
2
Scottish : affair, concern
Word History
Etymology
French & Late Latin; French hypothèque, from Middle French, from Late Latin hypotheca, from Greek hypothēkē deposit, pledge, mortgage, from hypotithenai to deposit as a pledge, put under, propose
- milk snail
- milk snake
- milk snakes
- milk someone or something dry
- milk sugar
- milk teeth
- milk thistle
- milk toast
- milk tooth
- milk train
- milk tree
- milk vein
- milk vetch
- milk well
- common-law estoppel
- common-law marriage
- common-law marriages
- common-law right
- commonable
- commonage
- commonages
- commonalities
- commonality
- commonalties
- commonalty