SINCE 1828
nexum
noun
nex·um
| \ ˈneksəm\
plural -s
Definition of nexum
Roman law
: a formal contract of loan with coin and balance in the presence of five witnesses under which the obligor could be seized and held in bondage for failure to perform
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