judicial hypothec

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modern French hypothecs

  • In hypothec

    Judicial hypothecs are instituted by the court against all the property, present and future, of a debtor. Legal hypothecs are rights given to married women over the property of their husbands, and to children and incapacitated individuals over the property of their guardians. This is…

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