Definition of Pledgee

1. Noun. Someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge.

Generic synonyms: Adult, Grownup
Specialized synonyms: Pawnbroker

Definition of Pledgee

1. n. The one to whom a pledge is given, or to whom property pledged is delivered.

Definition of Pledgee

1. Noun. someone who receives a pledge ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pledgee

1. one to whom something is pledged [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pledgee

plectra
plectranthus
plectre
plectres
plectridium
plectron
plectrons
plectrovirus
plectrum
plectrums
pled
pledg
pledge
pledge taker
pledged
pledgee (current term)
pledgees
pledgeless
pledgeor
pledgeors
pledger
pledgeries
pledgers
pledgery
pledges
pledget
pledgets
pledgetted suture
pledging
pledgor

Literary usage of Pledgee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Conversion by Renzo Dee Bowers (1917)
"pledgee Cannot Buy at his Own Sale. — In the absence of an agreement between the pledgee and pledgor that the former may become the purchaser of the pledged ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Personal Property by James Schouler (1918)
"pledgee's right to use a pledge rests, as we think, on the presumed reasonable intention of the parties and to some extent upon the custom of the times; ..."

3. A Treatise Upon Some of the General Principles of the Law: Whether of a by William Wait (1878)
"Rights of pledgee. It is a well-settled rule of law, that while the general property in the pawn remains in the pledger, a special property therein passes ..."

4. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"Rights and duties of pledgor and pledgee. It is generally said that a pledgee acquires a special property in the pledge, but this expression seems used ..."

5. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"In regard to negotiable instruments pledged as collateral, the pledgee having the legal ... The pledgee having several securities for the same debt may, ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Conversion by Renzo Dee Bowers (1917)
"pledgee Cannot Buy at his Own Sale. — In the absence of an agreement between the pledgee and pledgor that the former may become the purchaser of the pledged ..."

7. A Treatise on the Law of Personal Property by James Schouler (1918)
"pledgee's right to use a pledge rests, as we think, on the presumed reasonable intention of the parties and to some extent upon the custom of the times; ..."

8. A Treatise Upon Some of the General Principles of the Law: Whether of a by William Wait (1878)
"Rights of pledgee. It is a well-settled rule of law, that while the general property in the pawn remains in the pledger, a special property therein passes ..."

9. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"Rights and duties of pledgor and pledgee. It is generally said that a pledgee acquires a special property in the pledge, but this expression seems used ..."

10. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"In regard to negotiable instruments pledged as collateral, the pledgee having the legal ... The pledgee having several securities for the same debt may, ..."

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