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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A species of instrument of defeasance common in the civil law. It is executed by a party who has taken a deed of property, absolute on its face, but intended as security for a loan of money, and by it he agrees to reconvey the property on payment of a specified sum. The two instruments, taken together, constitute what is known in 'Louisiana as an "antichresis," (q. v.)