Last Updated：2025/11/21

(law) In Scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.

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hypothec

Source Word

hypothec

Noun

uncountable usually colloquial

Japanese Meaning

スコットランド法において、家主が賃貸借契約の担保として、借家人の家畜、用具、農作物などに対して持つ権利

The tenant worried that the landlord's hypothec on his cattle and crops would leave his family without income.

借地人は、家賃の担保として家畜や作物に及ぶ地主の留置権が家族の収入を奪うのではないかと心配した。

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Sense（2）

(law) In Québec, a legal right over property used as security for an obligation, such as a mortgage.

Sense（3）

(colloquial) Everything; the whole lot.

...saddle and all, the whole hypothec turned round and grovelled in the dust below the donkey’s belly.

hypothecs

（ plural ）