principal creditor
111antichresis — an·ti·chre·sis /ˌan ti krē sis, ˌan ˌtī , ˌan tē / n [New Latin, from Greek, from anti opposite + chrēsis use, from chrēsthai to use, need] in the civil law of Louisiana: a written pledge and transfer from a debtor to a creditor of possession of… …
112mortgage — mort·gage (môr’gĭj) n. 1. A loan for the purchase of real property, secured by a lien on the property. 2. The document specifying the terms and conditions of the repayment of such a loan. 3. The repayment obligation associated with such a loan:… …
113beneficio cedendarum actionum — The right of assigned or transferred actions, the civil law right which a surety had, even before paying the creditor, to an assignment by the creditor to him of the claims which the creditor held against the principal debtor …
114garnishment — A proceeding by a creditor to obtain satisfaction of the indebtedness out of property or credits of the debtor in the possession of, or owing by, a third person; the person instituting the proceeding being generally referred to as the creditor or …
115IMPRISONMENT — IMPRISONMENT, the act of depriving a person of his liberty by restricting his freedom of movement and confining him within a particular defined locality, where he is under the direct and constant supervision of the confining authority. This form… …
116Argentina — /ahr jeuhn tee neuh/; Sp. /ahrdd hen tee nah/, n. a republic in S South America. 35,797,536; 1,084,120 sq. mi. (2,807,870 sq. km). Cap.: Buenos Aires. Also called the Argentine. Official name, Argentine Republic. * * * Argentina Introduction… …
117Pakistan — /pak euh stan , pah keuh stahn /, n. 1. Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947 71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).… …
118Sicilian Baroque — is the distinctive form of Baroque architecture that took hold on the island of Sicily, off the southern coast of Italy, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The style is recognizable not only by its typical Baroque curves and flourishes …
119biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
120suretyship — A contractual relation, resulting from a primary, original, absolute, and unconditional engagement, whereby one person, the surety, engages to be answerable for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another, the principal. Madison County Farmers… …
