(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:16:15

Hy*poth"ec (?), n. [F. hypotheque. See Hypotheca.] Scot.Law

A landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.

 

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