Meanings
plural impignorations
- ScotlandformalrareThe act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.
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 351 more example
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
Origin
- Medieval Latinimpignoratio
- Englishimpignoration
Borrowed from Medieval Latin impignoratio: compare French impignoration.
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