nexum

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A contract in early Ancient Rome in which the debtor pledged his own person as collateral should he default on his loan (thus risking becoming a slave to the creditor).

Similar words

nexus commodatum nude pact nudum pactum correus debendi pawn borrow vadimonium pactum de non petendo mutuary

Often followed by

was and faciet or is to the as in