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Webster 1913 Edition
Foreclosure
Fore-clo′sure
(?; 135)
, Noun.
The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager’s right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.
Webster 1828 Edition
Foreclosure
FORECLO'SURE
,Noun.
1.
Prevention.2.
The act of foreclosing, or depriving a mortgager of the right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.Definition 2024
foreclosure
foreclosure
English
Noun
foreclosure (countable and uncountable, plural foreclosures)
- (law) the proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments
Translations
(legal) the proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments