In old English ecclesiastical law . A rural dean. Cowell.

One who Is classed among the common people, as distinguished from the nobles.

The common or meaner sort of people; the plebeians

In Spanish law. Commons: those who exercise any trade, or who cultivate the soil. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 5, c. 3.

In old records. A mother church.

In modern constitutional law . the name “plebiscite” has been given to a vote of the entire people, (that is, the aggregate of tho enfranchised individuals composing a state or […]

Lat. In Roman law. A law enacted by the plebs or commonalty, (that Is, the citizens, with the exception of the patricians and senators,) at the request or on the […]

L. Fr. That may be brought or conducted; as an action or “plea,” as it was formerly called. Britt. c. 32.

In the law of bailment. A bailment of goods to a creditor as security for some debt or engagement. A bailment or delivery of goods by a debtor to his […]

A kind of fund in which all of the members are generally trying to achieve a certain goal. Usually, in such a fund, the contributions are clearly defined.

A mortgage loan in which the settlements for repayment are usually complemented through the savings account , or through the interest gained, which is put up as extra collateral.

The owner of a business can use his accounts receivable in order to accumulate more capital income.

Any asset that has been put up as collateral for a loan. Usually, that asset is transferred to the lender of the loan, until the loan has been cleared and […]

Money taken from the cash flow of a borrower in order to get a loan, or to satisfy the obligations listend under the bond indenture .

The party to whom goods are pledged, or delivered in pledge. Story, Bailm.

Suretyship, or au undertaking or answering for another. Gloucester Bank v. Worcester, 10 Pick. (Mass.) 531.

To ‘pledge’ something means to put that thing up as collateral, in return for a loan. The collateral must be returned once full repayment for the loan has been received.

The party delivering goods in pledge; the party pledging. Story, Bailm.

In old English law . That may be pledged; the subject of pledge or security. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 20,

Pledges to prosecute with effect an action of replevin.

Pledges to return the subject of distress, should the right be determined agaiust the party bringing the action of replevin. 3 Steph. Comm. (7th Ed.) 422n.

A writ that anciently lay for a surety agaiust him for whom he was surety, if he paid uot the money at the day. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 137.

A forfeiture of all that one possesses.

Lat. In old English law . Full age. Plena et celeris justitia flat partibus. 4 Inst. 07. Let full aud speedy justice be doue to the parties

In the civil law . A term used to signify full proof, (that is, proof by two witnesses,) in contradistinction to semi-plena probatio , which is only a pre- sumption. […]