Secure
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
To give sechrity; to assure of payment, performance or indemnity; to guaranty or make certain the payment of a debt or discharge of an obligation. One "secures" his creditor by giving him a lien, mortgage, pledge or other security, to be used in case the debtor falls to make payment.
See Pennell v. Rhodes, 9 Q. B. 114 ; Ex parte Reynolds, 52 Ark. 330, 12 S. W. 570; Foot v. Webb, 59 Bari). (N. Y.) 52.