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Definition of Pignus
1. n. A pledge or pawn.
Definition of Pignus
1. property held as security for a debt [n -NORA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pignus
Literary usage of Pignus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Systematic and Historical Exposition of Roman Law in the Order of a Code by William Alexander Hunter, John Ashton Cross, Gaius (1885)
"The distinction between pignus and Hypotheca had nothing to do with the ...
Generally a pignus or hypotheca consisted of rights in rem over slaves or things ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Bailments: Including Carriers, Innkeepers and Pledge by James Schouler (1897)
"Our English pawn or pledge corresponds with the Roman pignus, a word whose origin
civilians have thought significant of the manual delivery which ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Bailments: Including Carriers, Innkeepers, and Pledge by James Schouler (1887)
"Our English pawn or pledge corresponds with the Roman pignus ... however, have
said that the difference between pignus and hypotheca was one of sound only.2 ..."
4. Private Law Among the Romans: From the Pandects by John George Phillimore (1863)
"9- 14- 2a• of Vangerow, "pignus est res omnia Dig. de usu et habit. L. 19.
pro debito creditori obligata. ... 433, I take the pignus among the Ser- " De ..."
5. Roman Law in the Modern World by Charles Phineas Sherman (1922)
"To the legal genius of Roman praetors is due the creation and evolution of a
creditor's securities known as pledge (pignus), mortgage (hypotheca), ..."
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