The hypotheke (ὑποθήκη = deposit, literally ‘place under’) is encountered in Attic law as an encumbrance upon property, houses, businesses, as security on loan provisions. Stones of hypotheke (hóroi) specified the mortgaged encumbrance. The hypotheke was an institution found throughout Greece, but outside Attica the designation of the mortgaged property by the hóroi is found only on a few Aege…
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Schanbacher, Dietmar (Dresden),
“Hypotheke”, in:
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