FIDUCIA

FIDUCIA

FIDUCIA fiducia (fi-d[y]oo-shee-[schwa]), n. [Latin ¡°an entrusting¡±] Roman law. An early form of transfer of title by way of mortgage, deposit, etc., with a provision for reconveyance upon payment of the debt, termination of the deposit, etc. ¡°The Roman mortgage (fiducia) fell wholly out of use before the time of Justinian, having been displaced by

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