In the civil law. A species of mortgage, or pledge of immovables. An agreement by which the debtor gives to the creditor the Income from the property which he has pledged, In lieu of the interest on hls debt. Guyot, Repert.; Marquise De Portes v. Hurlbut, 44 N. J. Eq. 517, 14 Atl. 891
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
