mortgage (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. hy̆pŏthēca (security given in real property, not moveable)2. pignus, ŏris, n. (strictly a pledge consisting of moveable property3. oblĭgātio (the actual transaction) • mortgage (subs.): 1. hy̆pŏthēca (security given in real property, not moveable): Just. Inst. 4, 6, 9: to transfer an estate as a m., fundum hypothecae dare, Marc. Dig. 20, 1, 16: in gen. sense, hypothecam obligare, ib. 20, 1, 13 § 6: to be released from a m., hypotheca liberari, ib. 20, 6, 5 § 2: the m. terminates, solvitur h., ib. init. 2. pignus, ŏris, n. (strictly a pledge consisting of moveable property: but used also in wider sense). to receive an estate on m., fundum pignori accipere, Marc. Dig. 20, 6, 8 § 9. to satisfy a m., p. liberare, Ulp. ib. 20, 6, 6: cf. to mortgage. 3. oblĭgātio (the actual transaction): Modest. Dig. 20, 1, 26 § 1. Sometimes servitus may serve, implying the surrender of certain rights on real property: cf. Pomp. in Dig. 20, 1, 12: quamdiu pecunia non soluta sit, eis servitutibus creditor utatur. Phr.: action for (connected with) m., actio hypothecaria, Marc. Dig. 20, 6, 8 § 2.