encumbrancern.
/ɛnˈkʌmbrənsə/ Law.
One who has an encumbrance or legal claim on an estate.
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society > law > legal obligation > bond or recognizance > requiring or giving legal security > [noun] > legal security > mortgage > mortgagee
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the man astride the rigging tree1855
encumbrancer1858
1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law viii. 50 A preferable title to any former purchaser or encumbrancer.
1863 W. E. Gladstone Financial Statem. 22 A large body of mortgageors, incumbrancers, and life-renters.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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