Pledge (Pawn)

A movable thing handed over as security for a debt: rights of the pledge-holder, obligations of the debtor.

The works themselves ask 5 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

collateral · security for a loan (ed.)

In the index as Pledge · Contract · Expenses · Loans · Mortgage · Pledge whose fruits replace interest (antichresis) · Agency · Annuities · Bailments · Barter · Buying and Selling · Contractor’s Agreement · Deposit · Form of contracts · Guaranty · Insurance · Lease · Management of another’s affairs · Partnership · Pawn · Pawnbrokers · Pledging · Stocks and Bonds · Surety

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J.

Vol. I, Bk. VII, Pt. II, Chapter VIII. Bailment, n. 6 — Pawn or pledge is a contract by which goods or chattels are delivered to another to be security to him for money borrowed of him by the bailor. The pawnee must use ordinary diligence in the custody of the pledge which he… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 4 passages

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § XIII, Point II. On Pledge, nn. 964, 965, 966 & 967 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P.

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 3. The Subjective Par…, The Objects of Commutative Justice, n. 1749 — Forms of Contract. Forms of Contract.—The chief forms of contract are the following: (a) gratuitous contracts, which are those that confer advantage on only one of the contractants, or those in which no payment or compensation for his acts… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 5 passages

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XVII. On Suretyship, Pledge, Settlement, nn. 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274 & 1275 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 4 passages

Vol. I, Treatise On Contracts, Second Part. On Contracts …, Sect. II, Ch. VI, Pledge, and Hypothec, Article II. On Pledge, n. 938 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 30 passages

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. VI, Only Question: On Suretyship, Pledge, and Mortgage, nn. 606, 607, 608, 609 & 610 (30 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J.

Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. II, Sect. II, Chapter IV. On Subsidiary Contracts, n. 551 — Pledge (pawn, pledge) is a contract by which the debtor gives a movable thing to the creditor for the insurance of the credit. But sometimes by the name of pledge comes the very thing pledged. Concerning pledge these thi… Read in context →

The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)

Pope Gregory IX — 8 passages

Bk. III, Title XXI: On Pledges and Other Securities, cc. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Suretyship, Pledge and Hypothec — Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)