About The Word Foreclose
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Foreclose
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What's The Definition Of Foreclose?
[v] subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
[v] keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer" Synonyms | Synonyms for Foreclose: forbid | forestall | preclude | prevent Related Terms | Find terms related to Foreclose: anticipate | avert | bar | cut off | debar | deflect | deter | discourage | disendow | dishearten | disherison | disinherit | disown | dispossess | disseise | estop | evict | exclude | expropriate | fend | fend off | forbid | forestall | help | keep from | keep off | obviate | preclude | prevent | prohibit | repel | rule out | save | stave off | turn aside | ward off See Also | avert | avoid | baffle | bilk | block | blockade | cross | debar | deflect | embarrass | fend off | foil | frustrate | halt | head off | hinder | kibosh | make unnecessary | obstruct | obviate | queer | reclaim | repossess | save | scotch | spoil | stave off | stop | stymie | stymy | thwart | ward off Foreclose In Webster's Dictionary \Fore*close"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foreclosed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Foreclosing}.] [F. forclos, p. p. of forclore
to exclude; OF. fors, F. hors, except, outside (fr. L. foris
outside) + F. clore to close. See {Foreign}, and {Close}, v.
t.]
To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar;
to exclude.
The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. --Carew.
{To foreclose a mortgager} (Law), to cut him off by a
judgment of court from the power of redeeming the
mortgaged premises, termed his equity of redemption.
{To foreclose a mortgage}, (not technically correct, but
often used to signify) the obtaining a judgment for the
payment of an overdue mortgage, and the exposure of the
mortgaged property to sale to meet the mortgage debt.
--Wharton.
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