Dictionary (n.) A landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.Thesaurus adjustment mortgage antichresis blanket mortgage bottomry bottomry bond chattel mortgage closed mortgage common-law lien dead pledge deed of trust first mortgage general lien hypothec hypothecation installment mortgage judgment lien leasehold mortgage living pledge mortgage mortgage bond mortgage deed mortuum vadium participating mortgage particular lien pignus judiciale pignus legale second mortgage security agreement statutory lien tax lien third mortgage trust mortgage vadium mortuum vadium vivum |