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A "floating" charge — fondly known by legal witterati as a “[[floater]]”, is a [[security interest]], which hovers in the æther, allowing the assets to move in and out of the custody account unhindered, but upon an [[enforcement event]] suddenly clamps down on whatever is in the account and becomes a [[fixed charge|“fixed” charge]].
{{a|security|{{image|Everybody floats|jpg|Well - we ''all'' do, now and then, when spring is upon us.}}}}A “floating” charge — fondly known by legal witterati as a “[[floater]]”, is a [[security interest]], which hovers in the æther, allowing the assets to move in and out of the custody account unhindered, but upon an [[enforcement event]] suddenly clamps down — the technical term is that it “[[crystallise]]s” — on whatever is in the account and becomes a [[fixed charge|“fixed” charge]].


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*[[Charge]]
*[[Assignment by way of security]]
*[[Fixed charge]]
*[[Fixed charge]]
*[[Security interest]]
*[[Security interest]]