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title 1

improvements (like renovations or repairs) to their home; Title I loans less than $7,500 don't require a property lien. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

terre tenant

tenir to hold] : one in actual possession of land ;specif : one who purchases land after a lien of mortgage or judgment has attached used chiefly in the law of Pennsylvania

slander of title

property that causes harm for which special damages may be awarded [damages for the filing of a fraudulent lien and for slander of title "M & P Concrete Prods. v. Woods, 590 So. 2d 429 (1991)"] called

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recordation

recordation : the act or process of recording [ of a lien]

purchase

giving other valuable consideration ;specif : to take (property) by a voluntary transaction (as a sale, mortgage, pledge, lien, or gift) that creates an interest and that is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code see also bona

race-notice

property] : of, relating to, or being a recording act which stipulates that an unrecorded deed, mortgage, or lien shall not be valid against a recorded one unless the recording party (as a subsequent purchaser from the

prior

prior 1 : earlier in time or order 2 : taking precedence (as in importance) [a lien]

performance

performance of the essential terms of a contract, promise, or obligation [a contractor is not entitled to a lien in the absence of substantial performance "Casa Linda Tile & Marble Installers, Inc. v. Highlands Place 1981 Ltd.,

payoff

bribe compare kickback 2 : the act of paying a debt or creditor in full [would release the lien upon the of the balance]

owelty

owelty pl: -ties [Anglo-French oelté equality, from Latin aequalitat- aequalitas] : a lien created or a pecuniary sum paid by order of the court to effect an equitable partition of property

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