A contract in early Ancient Rome in which the debtor pledged his own person as collateral should he default on his loan (thus risking becoming a slave to the creditor).
nexus
nexus
noun
(Ancient Rome, law, historical) A person who had contracted a nexum or obligation of such a kind that, if they failed to pay, their creditor could compel them to work as a servant until the debt was paid; an indentured servant.
(Canada, US, finance, law) The relationship between a vendor and a jurisdiction for the purpose of taxation, established for example by the vendor operating a physical store in that jurisdiction.
(grammar) In the work of the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen (1860–1943): a group of words expressing two concepts in one unit (such as a clause or sentence).
A centre or focus of something.
A connected group; a network, a web.
A form or state of connection.
unhex
unhex
verb
(transitive) To remove a hex or curse from.
unsex
unsex
verb
To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.
To sterilize (deprive of the ability to procreate); to castrate.
