Hypotheca
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In civil law
That kind of pledge in which the possession of the thing pledged remains with the debtor; the obligation resting in mere contact.
Dig. 1. 3. 7. 9. 2.