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A bond. (Latin, ligaʹmen). Legally, a bond on goods for a debt; a right to retain goods in a creditor’s hands till he has satisfied a legal claim for debt.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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