Fiducia
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In thecivillaw. A contract by which we sell a thing to some one—that is, transmit to him the property of the thing, with the solemn forms of emancipation—on condition that he willsell it back to us. This species of contract took place in the emancipation of children, in testaments, and in pledges. Poth. Pand. h. t.