repledge1
/riːˈplɛdʒ/noun
The act or an instance of repledging an asset, already serving as collateral for an existing loan, to secure another loan.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Harvard Law Review. From repledge, after pledge.
repledge2
/ˈriːplɛdʒ/verb
[no object] Law. To transfer (a person or cause) from the jurisdiction of another court to one's own, giving a surety that justice will be done, typically within a year and a day. Also without object. Now historical.
- The right to repledge was abolished in 1747 by Act 20 George II. c. 43, along with the heritable jurisdictions themselves..
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Acts of Parliament of Scotland. From Anglo-Norman replegger, Anglo-Norman and Middle French repleger, Middle French replegier to replevy, to secure the release of a person arrested or of property (movable or immovable) seized in distraint against the provision of sureties, probably partly via post-classical Latin replegiare to replevy, to guarantee, to withdraw from the jurisdiction of another court to one's own.
repledge3
/ˌriːˈplɛdʒ/verb
[with object] To pledge again or once more.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Tobias Smollett (1721–1771), writer. From re- + pledge.