Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pignoration \Pig`no*ra"tion\, n. [LL. pignoratio, L. pigneratio,
   fr. pignerate to pledge, fr. pignus, gen. -ous and -eris, a
   pledge, a pawn: cf. F. 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.