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Pignoration

Pignoration \Pig`no*ra"tion\, n. [LL. pignoratio, L. pigneratio, fr. pignerate to pledge, fr. pignus, gen. -ous and -eris, a pledge, a pawn: cf. F. pignoration.]

  1. The act of pledging or pawning.

  2. (Civil Law) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made.
    --Burrill.

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pignoration

n. 1 The act of pledge or pawning. 2 (context legal English) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, until compensation is made.

Usage examples of "pignoration".

The aforementioned is all just collateral, just bloody pignoration compiled to get us bonded by the bureaucrats.