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[aleatorius]

хмм, посмотрел значение слова mortgage -
в одном месте нашел такое разьяснение:

Historically, when the oldest son of a nobleman needed large sums of money which his father refused to give him, he often turned to borrowing.
In arranging the loan, he would gage or “pledge” to repay the debt when his father died (at which time the son expected to receive his inheritance).

So it is that mortgage originally meant a pledge to repay upon the death of one’s father.

Типа сын скупого рыцаря мог подписаться на такой мортгейдж у короля.

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another opinion

[goshen.livejournal.com]

1628 E. COKE 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 205 It seemeth that the cause why it is called mortgage is, for that it is doubtful whether the Feoffor will pay at the day limited such summe or not, & if he doth not pay, then the Land which is put in pledge vpon condition for the payment of the money, is taken from him for euer, and so dead to him vpon condition, &c. And if he doth pay the money, then the pledge is dead as to the Tenant, &c.]

Re: another opinion

[aleatorius.livejournal.com]

интересно,
покопаться что ли в этимологии мрачного словца

[polian.livejournal.com]

1390, from O.Fr. morgage (13c.), mort gaige, lit. "dead pledge" (replaced in modern Fr. by hypothèque), from mort "dead" + gage "pledge;" so called because the deal dies either when the debt is paid or when payment fails. O.Fr. mort is from V.L. *mortus "dead," from L. mortuus, pp. of mori "to die" (see mortal). The verb is first attested 1467

[aleatorius.livejournal.com]

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