Common-law mortgage
Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
One possessing the characteristics or fulfilling the requirements of n. Mortgage at common law; not known in Louisiana, where the civil law prevnils; but such a mortgage made in another state and affecting lands in Louisiana, will be given effect there as a "conventional" mortgage, affecting third persons after due inscription. Gates v. Gaither, 46 La. Ann. 286, 15 South. 50.
Defined under Common Law in Black's Law Dictionary.