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HIPOTECA LEGAL [1 record]

Record 1 2012-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Law of Security
DEF

A mortgage created by the conveyance of an estate or property as security for a debt. The property is charged by way of deed or by the demise of a term of years absolute. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Droit des sûretés

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Derecho de cauciones
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