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pawnor
One who, being liable to an engagement, gives to the person to whom he is liable, a thing to be held as a security for the payment of his debt or the fulfilment of his liability.
2. The rights of the pawnor are to redeem the pledge, at any time before it is sold.
3. His oblioations are to warrant the title of the pledge, and to redeem it at the time agreed upon. See 1 Bouv. lnst. n. 1045.
Source : Bouvier 1856
Language : English