Pignoration
Pignoration , noun
[Late Latin pignoratio, Latin pigneratio, from pignerate to pledge, from pignus, gen. -ous and -eris, a pledge, a pawn: compare French pignoration.]
1.
The act of pledging or pawning.
2.
(Civil Law) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made. — Burrill