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foreclosure|fɔəˈkləʊʒ(j)ʊə(r)|
[f. foreclose v. + -ure.]
The action of foreclosing (a mortgage) or depriving (a mortgagor) of the power of redeeming a mortgaged estate; a proceeding to bar the right of redeeming mortgaged property. attrib., foreclosure action.
1728Vernon Rep. II. 235 The Defendant pleaded the former suit and decree of foreclosure. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 103 The decree of foreclosure was obtained by..fraud. 1875Le Fanu Willing to Die xxxiv. 202 Foreclosures, bills of exchange hovering threateningly in the air.
transf.1865Daily Tel. 6 Nov. 5/4 The Arab..has been driven by foreclosure from the plains into the mountains.
attrib.1862Macm. Mag. July 185 The advertisements..are chiefly of patent medicines..and foreclosure sales. 1905Westm. Gaz. 15 May 2/1 [The] suggestion of a foreclosure without a foreclosure action. 1929Encycl. Brit. IX. 494/2 A foreclosure action is brought by the mortgagee against the mortgagor in the chancery division of the High Court in England. 1959Jowitt Dict. Eng. Law I. 818/1 Foreclosure actions are now comparatively rare in practice. |