Part 5504

<h1>Hyposulphuric</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hy`po*sul*phur"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + <ets>sulphuric</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur in a lower state of oxidation than in the sulphuric compounds; <as>as, <ex>hyposulphuric</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Hyposulphuric acid</col>, <cd>an acid, <chform>H2S2O6</chform>, obtained by the action of manganese dioxide on sulphur dioxide, and known only in a watery solution and in its salts; -- called also <altname>dithionic acid</altname>. See <er>Dithionic</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hyposulphurous</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hy`po*sul"phur*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + <ets>sulphurous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur, all, or a part, in a low state of oxidation.</def>

<cs><col>Hyposulphurous acid</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Thiosulphuric acid. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An acid, <chform>H2SO2</chform>, obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. It is not obtained in the free state, but in an orange-yellow water solution, which is a strong reducing and bleaching agent. Called also <altname>hydrosulphurous acid</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hypotarsus</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hy`po*tar"sus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hypotarsi</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL. See <er>Hypo-</er>, and <er>Tarsus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Hy`po*tar"sal</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Hypotenuse, Hypothenuse</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw><hw>Hy*pot"e*nuse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hy*poth"e*nuse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hypotenusa</ets>, Gr. <?/, prob., subtending (sc. <?/), fr. <?/ to stretch under, subtend; <?/ under + <?/ to stretch. See <er>Subtend</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>The side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite to the right angle.</def>

<h1>Hypothec</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hy*poth"ec</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>hypoth\'8aque</ets>. See <er>Hypotheca</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Scot. Law)</fld> <def>A landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.</def>

<h1>Hypotheca</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hy`po*the"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ a thing subject to some obligation, fr. <?/ to put under, put down, pledge. See <er>Hypothesis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Law)</fld> <def>An obligation by which property of a debtor was made over to his creditor in security of his debt.</def>

<note>&hand; 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.</note>

<i>Kent.</i>

<h1>Hypothecate</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hy*poth"e*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hypothecated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hypothecating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>hypothecatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>hypothecare</ets> to pledge, fr. L. <ets>hypotheca</ets> pledge, security. See <er>Hypotheca</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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 <er>Hypothecation</er>, <er>Bottomry</er>.</def>

<blockquote>He had found the treasury empty and the pay of the navy in arrear. He had no power to <b>hypothecate</b> any part of the public revenue. Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hypothecation</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hy*poth`e*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>hypothecatio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Civ. Law)</fld> <def>The act or contract by which property is hypothecated; a right which a creditor has in or to the property of his debtor, in virtue of which he may cause it to be sold and the price appropriated in payment of his debt. This is a right in the thing, or <i>jus in re</i>.</def>

<i>Pothier. B. R. Curtis.</i>

<blockquote>There are but few cases, if any, in our law, where an <b>hypothecation</b>, in the strict sense of the Roman law, exists; that is a pledge without possession by the pledgee. <i>Story.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; In the modern civil law, this contract has no application to movable property, not even to ships, to which and their cargoes it is most frequently applied in England and America. See <er>Hypothecate</er>.</note>

<i>B. R. Curtis. Domat.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law of Shipping)</fld> <def>A contract whereby, in consideration of money advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See <er>Bottomry</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; This term is often applied to mortgages of ships.</note>

<h1>Hypothecator</h1> <Xpage=722>