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- English Word Hypotheca Definition An obligation by which property of a debtor was made over to his creditor in security of his debt.
- English Word Hypothecate Definition To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry.
- English Word Hypothecated Definition of Hypothecate
- English Word Hypothecating Definition of Hypothecate
- English Word Hypothecation Definition The act or contract by which property is hypothecated; a right which a creditor has in or to the property of his debtor, in virtue of which he may cause it to be sold and the price appropriated in payment of his debt. This is a right in the thing, or jus in re.
- English Word Hypothecation Definition A contract whereby, in consideration of money advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry.
- English Word Hypothecator Definition One who hypothecates or pledges anything as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- English Word Hypothenal Definition Alt. of Hypothenar
- English Word Hypothenar Definition Of or pertaining to the prominent part of the palm of the hand above the base of the little finger, or a corresponding part in the forefoot of an animal; as, the hypothenar eminence.
- English Word Hypothenar Definition The hypothenar eminence.
- English Word Hypothenusal Definition Of or pertaining to hypothenuse.
- English Word Hypothenuse Definition The side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite to the right angle.
- English Word Hypothenuse Definition Same as Hypotenuse.
- English Word Hypotheses Definition of Hypothesis
- English Word Hypothesis Definition A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer.
- English Word Hypothesis Definition A tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others; hence, frequently called a working hypothesis.
- English Word Hypothetic Definition Alt. of Hypothetical
- English Word Hypothetical Definition Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of accounting for some fact or phenomenon.
- English Word Hypothetist Definition One who proposes or supports an hypothesis.
- English Word Hypotrachelium Definition Same as Gorgerin.