impignorate
(obsolete, UK, mostly, Scotland, law, transitive) To pledge or pawn.
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(obsolete, UK, mostly, Scotland, law, transitive) To pledge or pawn.
the actial delivery to the lender of the impignorated lands — is clearly the feature of the deed, and the transaction may therefore be described more accurately as a pawn or wadset than as a mortgage in its modern sense
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The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.
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(transitive) To pledge (something) as surety for a loan; to pawn, mortgage.
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(transitive, UK, _, dialectal, Scotland, obsolete) To redeem or buy back from pawn; resume a pledge by restoring the money that has been lent on it.
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(obsolete, Scotland) To seize property in this manner.
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(dated, Scotland, rare) Not payable.