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Hypothec

Webster's Dictionary

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hypothec'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hypothec.html. 1828.