Pawn

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A pledge. A pledge includes, in Louisiana, a pawn and an antichresis; but sometimes pawn is used as the general!, word, including pledge and antichresis. Civ. Code La. art. 3101; Hennen, Dig. "Pledge."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Same as pledge.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A pledge. A pledge includes, in Louisiana, a pawn and an antichresis; but sometimes pawn is used as the general word, including pledge and antichresis. La. Civ. Code, art. 3101; Hennen, Dig. Pledge. See Pledge.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

n. A bailment of goods to a creditor, as security for some debt or engagement; a pledge. Story, Bailm. § 7; Coggs v. Bernard, 2 Ld. Raym. 913; Barrett v. Cole, 49 N. C. 40; Surbsr v. McClintic, 10 W. Va. 242; Commercial Bank v. Flowers, 116 Ga. 219, 42 S. E. 474. Pawn, or pledge, is a bailment of goods by a debtor to his creditor, to be kept till the debt is discharged. Wharton. Also the specific chattel delivered to the creditor in this contract. In the law of Louisiana, pawn is known as one species of the contract of pledge, the other being antiahrenis; but the word "pawn" is sometimes used as synonymous with "pledge," thus including both species. Civ. Code La. art. 3101. '

v. To deliver personal property to another in pledge or as security for a debt or sum borrowed.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

To deliver to another in pledge, or as

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

A bailment of personal property pledge.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

n. The thing bailed in the contract of pledge. It is also in use as a verb, meaning to pledge, to leave as security; and sometimes appears in the sense of the contract of pledge. Using it only as meaning the thing left as security, and using pledge only as a verb, or as meaning the bailment or contract, would tend to accuracy of expression. Pawn, or pledge, is a bailment of goods by a debtor to his creditor, to be kept till the debt is discharged. Wharton. Pa-wnbroker. One who makes it a business to loan money on security of things left in pledge. Any person whose business or occupation it is to take or receive, by way of pledge, pawn, or exchange, any goods, wares, or merchandise, or any kind of personal property whatever, as security for the repayment of money lent thereon. Act of July 13, 1866, § 9, 14 Stat, at L. 116.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

Vide Pledge. PAWN-BROKER One who is lawfully authorised to. lend money, and actually lends it, usually in small sums, upon pawn or pledge.