Pledges: The law against taking pledges for debt is drawn from the following passages: "No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge", "nor [shall he] take the widow ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
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Pledge,': Pledge,' or Pawn, in law "a bailment of personal property as a security for some debt or engagement" (Story on Bailments, ยง 286). The term is also used to denote the property which constitutes the security. Pledge is the pignus of ... [77%] 2022-09-02