释义 |
mortgagee|mɔːgɪˈdʒiː| [f. mortgage v. + -ee1.] The person to whom property is mortgaged; one who lends money on mortgage.
1584in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 439 Yt..shalbe lawfull to and for the morgagee to challenge the morgagor for the resydue. 1628Coke On Litt. 207 The Morgagee or his heire agreeing thereunto may re-enter into the land. 1648Art. Peace xxvi. in Milton's Wks. 1851 II. 529 Where Entry hath been made by the Mortgagers against Law..and detained wrongfully by them without giving any satisfaction to the Mortgagees. 1708[see mortgage n.]. 1827Jarman Powell's Devises II. 147 A testator, who was a mortgagee in fee. 1831Macaulay Ess., Civil Disab. Jews, If we were to say that a Jew mortgagee would not foreclose because [etc.]. 1878Jevons Prim. Pol. Econ. 90 The mortgagee or lender of the money then becomes part-owner of the land and capital. |