Tacit hypothecation
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
One implied by law to secure a creditor.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the civil law, a species of lien or mortgage which is created by operation f law without any express agreement of the parties. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 343. In admiralty law, this term is sometimes applied to a maritime lien, which is not, strictly speaking, an hypothecation in the Roman sense of the term, though it resembles it. See The Nestor, 1 Sumn. 73. 18 Fed. Cas. 9,
Defined under Tacit in Black's Law Dictionary.