VADIUM MORTUUM,
\vˈe͡ɪdi͡əm mˈɔːtjuːəm], \vˈeɪdiəm mˈɔːtjuːəm], \v_ˈeɪ_d_iə_m m_ˈɔː_t_j_uː_ə_m]\
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Contracts. A mortgage or dead-pledge; it is a security given by the borrower of a sum of money, by which he grants to the lender an estate in fee, on condition that if the money be not repaid at the time appointed, the estate so put in pledge shall continue to the lender as dead or gone from the mortgagor. 2 Bl. Com. 257; 1 Pow. Mortg. 4.
By John Bouvier
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.
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