Respondentia
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
respondentia
[New Latin, from Latin respondent- respondens, present participle of respondere to answer, correspond; from the fact that the loan is only a personal obligation on the part of the borrower who must “answer” for the money]
: a loan secured by the goods on one's ship compare bottomry
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