Usually means: Collateral through possession of property.
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  1. antichresis: Wordnik
  2. antichresis: Wiktionary
  3. antichresis: Dictionary.com
  4. Antichresis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. antichresis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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  1. antichresis: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  5. Antichresis: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (antichresis)

noun:  (civil law) An agreement by which a debtor gives a creditor the use of real property to be able to pay interest and principal of the debt.

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