Statute Merchant
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
tx the English law, is a security entered before the mayor of London, or some chief warden of a city, in pursuance of 13 Edw. I. stat.
3, c.
1, whereby the lands of the debtor are conveyed to the creditor, till out of the rents and profits of them, his debt may be satisfied. Cruise, Dig. t.
14, s. 7; 2 Bl. Com. 160.