About The Word Foreclosure

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Foreclosure

Foreclosure Meaning & Definition
Foreclosure Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Foreclosure?

[n] the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default

Synonyms | Synonyms for Foreclosure:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Foreclosure: arrestation | debarment | determent | deterrence | discouragement | disendowment | disherison | disinheritance | disownment | dispossession | disseisin | estoppel | eviction | expropriation | forbiddance | forestalling | halt | obviation | preclusion | prevention | prohibition | reclaiming | repossessing | repossession | stay | stop | stoppage | stopping

See Also | legal proceeding | proceeding | proceedings

Foreclosure In Webster's Dictionary

\Fore*clo"sure\ (?; 135), n. The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.

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