pignoratif
definition
Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of PIGNORATIF, IVE adj.
Terme de Jurisprudence qui signifie, Engagement. Un contract pignoratif est un contract par lequel on vend, on engage un heritage à faculté de remere ou de rachat. Toutes les ventes & reventes du Domeine du Roy ne sont que des contracts pignoratifs à faculté de rachat perpetuel.
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