antichresis
antichresis
in Roman law the agreement whereby the creditor in a pawn or mortgage-type transaction was permitted to have the fruits of the property pledged in lieu of interest.ANTICHRESIS, contracts. A word used in the civil law to denote the contractby which a creditor acquires the right of reaping the fruit or otherrevenues of the immovables given to him in pledge, on condition ofdeducting, annually, their proceeds from the interest, if any is due to him,and afterwards from the principal of his debt. Louis. Code, art. 3143 Dict.de Juris. Antichrese, Mortgage; Code Civ. 2085. Dig. 13, 7, 7 ; 4, 24, 1Code, 8, 28, 1.