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"Nexum" Definition
noun
A contract in early ancient rome in which the debtor pledged his own person as collateral should he default on his loan (thus risking becoming a slave to the creditor).
Source: Wiktionary
In roman law:.
Source: Century Dictionary
The contract, and the public ceremony manifesting it, by which, under the form of a sale with scales and copper, the ostensible pecuniary consideration, a debtor who was unable to pay became the bondman of his creditor.
Source: Century Dictionary
The obligation or servitude, usually implying close confinement on the creditor's premises, and power of chaining and flogging. the contract or obligation was sometimes dependent on or only enforceable by judicial proceedings.
Source: Century Dictionary
Usually italicized. A form of binding obligation between a creditor and a debtor, whereby the debtor automatically becomes the bondsman of the creditor in the event of non-payment.
Source: Oxford Dictionary
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