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Assumption clause

Assumption clause, means a mortgage provision that prohibits another from assuming the mortgage without the permission of the mortgagee. A provision by which the transferee of an instrument agrees to assume an obligation of the transferor, Black

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

mortgage

embodying and containing the provisions of a mortgage [executing and recording s] b : the interest of a mortgagee in mortgaged property [the bank holds the ] vt mort·gaged mort·gag·ing 1 : to grant or convey by

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mortgage clause

mortgage clause : a clause in an insurance contract (as for fire insurance) that entitles a named mortgagee to be paid for damage or loss to the property see also open mortgage clause, standard mortgage clause

satisfaction piece

satisfaction piece : a formal written acknowledgment by an obligee (as a mortgagee) that an obligation has been satisfied and that the obligor is discharged

statutory foreclosure

statutory foreclosure : a foreclosure in which a mortgagee or trustee executes a power of sale given in a mortgage or deed of trust and does so

strict foreclosure

fixed with the understanding that in the event of the mortgagor's default title will be vested in the mortgagee free of any right of the mortgagor to redeem compare statutory foreclosure 2 : the acceptance by a

waste

or life tenant) having a lesser estate and is usually to the injury of another (as an heir, mortgagee, or remainderman) with an interest in the same property [an action for ] ame·lio·rat·ing waste [ə-mēl-yə-rā-ti-] : waste

interest

that exists by contract as security for payment or performance of an obligation [the security interest of a mortgagee in the mortgaged property] ;also : lien NOTE: While a lien may be created by statutory or judicial

Attendant term

which the then trustee of the term had not been a party, and of which the purchaser or mortgagee of the freehold had had no notice when he paid the purchase or mortgage money, he would be

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