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impignoration

impignoration noun: the act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.

Noun

impignoration (plural impignorations)

  1. (Scotland, formal, rare) The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.
    • Because the special subject pledged continues the debtor's property, therefore if it perishes during the impignoration, it perishes to the debtor, according to the rule stated above, § 20.1871, An Institute of the Law of Scotland, volume 2
    • Historical interpretation has differed over the role played by the king of Denmark and Norway in the impignoration of the islands.1969, “The Pawning of Orkney and Shetland: A Reconsideration of the Events of 1460-9”, in The Scottish Historical Review, volume 48, number 145, Edinburgh University Press, →OCLC, page 35

Forms of impignoration

pluralimpignorations

Origin of impignoration

Borrowed from Medieval Latin impignoratio: compare French impignoration.

Questions about impignoration

What does impignoration mean?
Impignoration means the act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.
What part of speech is impignoration?
Impignoration is a noun.
What is the plural of impignoration?
The plural of impignoration is impignorations.

Words near impignoration in the dictionary

  1. Impig
  2. impignorate
  3. impignorated
  4. impignorates
  5. impignorating
  6. impignoration
  7. impignorations
  8. impimpi
  9. imping
  10. impinge
  11. impinged

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