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Contributory Mortgage

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Contributory mortgage, a mortgage in which the money secured is advanced by two or more lenders in separate amounts. It is not available for trustees in the absence of an express power, Webb v. Jonas, (1888) 39 Ch D 660.

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