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Hypothec vs Hypothecary - What's the difference?

hypothec | hypothecary |

In legal|lang=en terms the difference between hypothec and hypothecary

is that hypothec is (legal) in scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent while hypothecary is (legal) the holder of a hypothec, or pledge.

As nouns the difference between hypothec and hypothecary

is that hypothec is (legal) in scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent while hypothecary is (legal) the holder of a hypothec, or pledge.

As an adjective hypothecary is

of, pertaining to, or arising from hypothecation, the pledging of property or mortgage as surety for a loan.

hypothec

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (legal) In Scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.
  • (colloquial) Everything; the whole lot.
  • :...saddle and all, the whole hypothec turned round and grovelled in the dust below the donkey’s belly.

    • Related terms

    * hypothecate

    References

    * (1879) by Robert Louis Stevenson

    hypothecary

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, pertaining to, or arising from hypothecation, the pledging of property or mortgage as surety for a loan
    • hypothecary action

    Noun

    (hypothecaries)
  • (legal) The holder of a hypothec, or pledge
  • * {{quote-book, 1983, Brian Reginald Bamford, The Law of Shipping and Carriage in South Africa, page=24 citation
    • , passage=Their only real advantage now is that the hypothecary can obtain an order of attachment,

    Synonyms

    * hypothecatee

    See also

    * (resembles)