Editing Hypothec (section)

{{Short description|Legal right over a debtor's property in civil law systems}}
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'''Hypothec''' ({{IPAc-en|h|aɪ|ˈ|p|ɒ|θ|ɪ|k|,_|ˈ|h|aɪ|p|ɒ|θ|-}}; {{langx|de|Hypothek}}, {{langx|fr|hypothèque}}, from [[Latin|Lat.]] ''hypotheca'', from [[Ancient Greek language|Gk.]] {{lang|grc|ὑποθήκη}}: hypothēkē), sometimes '''tacit hypothec''', is a term used in civil law systems (e.g. the law of most of [[Continental Europe]]) to refer to a registered real [[security interest|security]] of a [[creditor]] over [[real estate]], but under some jurisdictions it may additionally cover ships only ([[ship hypothec]]), as opposed to other [[Collateral (finance)|collateral]]s, including corporeal movables other than ships, [[securities]] or [[intangible asset]]s such as [[intellectual property rights]], covered by a different type of right ([[pledge (law)|pledge]]). [[Common law]] has two main equivalents to the term: [[mortgage law|mortgages]] and non-possessory [[lien]].