repledge

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- The act or an instance of repledging an asset, already serving as collateral for an existing loan, to secure another loan.


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Origin:
late 19th century; earliest use found in Harvard Law Review. From repledge, after pledge


[], (Verb)

Definitions:
- To transfer (a person or cause) from the jurisdiction of another court to one's own, giving a surety that justice will be done, typically within a year and a day. Also without object.


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English; earliest use found in Acts of Parliament of Scotland. From Anglo-Norman replegger, Anglo-Norman and Middle French repleger, Middle French replegier to replevy, to secure the release of a person arrested or of property (movable or immovable) seized in distraint against the provision of sureties, probably partly via post-classical Latin replegiare to replevy, to guarantee, to withdraw from the jurisdiction of another court to one's own


[], (Verb)

Definitions:
- To pledge again or once more.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century; earliest use found in Tobias Smollett (1721–1771), writer. From re- + pledge




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