Glossary : consignation
Definition 1
contracts. In the civil law, it is a deposit which
a debtor makes of the thing that he owes, into the hands of a third person,
and under the authority of a court of justice. Poth. Oblig. P. 3, c. 1,
art. 8.
2. Generally the consignation is made with a public officer it is very similar
to our practice of paying money into court.
3. The term to consign, or consignation, is derived from the Latin consignare,
which signifies to seal, for it was formerly the practice to seal up the
money thus received in a bag or box. Aso & Man. Inst. B. 2, t. 11, c. 1,
5. See Burge on Sur. 138.
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