Defn: A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process. — Hy`po*tar"sal, a.
HYPOTENUSE; HYPOTHENUSE
Hy*pot"e*nuse, Hy*poth"e*nuse, n. Etym: [L. hypotenusa, Gr. Subtend.]
(Geom.)
Defn: The side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite to the right angle.
HYPOTHEC
Hy*poth"ec, n. Etym: [F. hypothèque. See Hypotheca.] (Scot. Law)
Defn: A landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.
HYPOTHECA
Hy`po*the"ca, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Hypothesis.] (Rom. Law)
Defn: An obligation by which property of a debtor was made over to his creditor in security of his debt.
Note: It differed from pledge in regard to possession of the property subject to the obligation; pledge requiring, simple hypotheca not requiring, possession of it by the creditor. The modern mortgage corresponds very closely with it. Kent.
HYPOTHECATE
Hy*poth"e*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hypothecated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hypothecating.] Etym: [LL. hypothecatus, p.p. of hypothecare to
pledge, fr. L. hypotheca pledge, security. See Hypotheca.] (Law)
Defn: To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry. He had found the treasury empty and the pay of the navy in arrear. He had no power to hypothecate any part of the public revenue. Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word. Macaulay.