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Extent
obligation, or specialty, or acceptance of office, shall affect any lands, tenements, or hereditaments as to pur-chasers or mortgagees, unless and until such memorandum or minute thereof, as in the Act provided, shall be registered as is
Fieri feci
greater security in time of danger, or for other sufficient reasons, Gaius, ii. 60. An early form of mortgage or pledge in which debtor passed title to property to creditors by a formal act of sale, yet
Fixtures
(English) Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 67, and also (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 130. A mortgage of land, including fixtures, does not recognize a Bill of Sale under the (English) Bills of Sales Acts,
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Foreclosure
Foreclosure. A mortgagee, or any person claiming an interest in the mortgage under him, can compel the mortgagor, after breach of
Form
its substance or matter. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 662. Statutory Forms (see, e.g., the forms of mortgage in the Third Schedule to the Law of Property Act, 1925), are usually permissive, but a bill of
third possessor
third possessor in the civil law of Louisiana : one who acquires mortgaged property and is not personally bound for the obligation secured by the mortgage
fannie mae
fannie mae Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA); a federally-chartered enterprise owned by private stockholders that purchases residential mortgages and converts them into securities
terre tenant
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
ginnie mae
ginnie mae Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA); a government-owned corporation overseen by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Ginnie Mae pools
fair housing
fair housing Federal and state "fair housing" laws entitle home buyers, renters, and mortgage borrowers with protections against discrimination based on disability, gender, marital status, race, and sexual orientation (among other things).
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