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Lat. In the civil law. An action of pledge, or founded on a pledge, which was either directa, for the debtor, after payment of the debt, or con- traria, for the creditor. Heinecc. Elem. lib. 3, tit. 13.
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Lat. In the civil law. An action of pledge, or founded on a pledge, which was either directa, for the debtor, after payment of the debt, or con- traria, for the creditor. Heinecc. Elem. lib. 3, tit. 13.