Legal Definition and Related Resources of Pawn
Meaning of Pawn
A pledge . A bailment of personal property as a security for some debt or engagement , the property being redeemable on specified terms and subject to sale in the event of default . It arises any time when a movable thing is given as security. Livingston v Storv, 36 U.S. 351, 11 Pet. 351, 9 L.Ed. 746.
Pawn Alternative Definition
A pledge. A pledge includes, in Louisiana, a pawn and an antichresis; but sometimes pawn is used as the general, word, including pledge and antichresis. Civ. Code La. art. 3101; Hennen, Dig. Pledge.
Synonyms of Pawn
verb
- bond
- deposit
- deposit as collateral
- deposit as security
- give as security
- give in earnest
- guarantee
- hypothecate
- impignorate
- mortgage
- offer collateral
- oppignerare
- pignerare
- pledge
- post
- put at hazard
- put at stake
- put in pledge
- risk
- stake
- wager
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Pawn in Law Enforcement
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