Bill For Foreclosure
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In equity practice. One which is filed by a mortgagee against the mortgagor, for the purpose of having the estate sold, thereby to obtain the sum mortgaged on the premises, with interest and costs. 1 Madd. Ch. Pr. 528. See "Foreclosure." BILL IMPEACHING A DECREE FOR fraud.
In equity practice. This must be an original bill, which may be filed without leave of court. 1 Schoales & L. 355; -2 Schoales & L. 576; 1 Ves. Jr. 120; 3 Brown, 74; 1 Turn. & R. 178. BILL IN NATURE OF A BILL IN REview. One which is brought by a person not bound by a decree, praying that the same may be examined and reversed; as where or had not an interest sufficient to render the decree against him binding upon some person claiming after him. The term is used in two senses: (1) A bill brought by one not a party to a decree, to obtain the reversal thereof. Adam, Eq. 419. (2) A bill to set aside a decree on the ground of fraud. 48 Mich. 375. BILL IN NATURE OF A BILL OF REvlvor. One which is filed when the death of a party, whose interest is not determined by his death, is attended with such a transmission of his interest that the title to it, as well as the person entitled, may be litigated in the court of chancery; as, in the case of a devise of real estate, the suit is not permitted to be continued by bill of revivor. In such cases, an original bill, upon which the title may be litigated, must be filed, and this bill will have so far the effect of a bill of revivor that, if the title of the representative by the act of the deceased party is established, the same benefit may be had of the proceedings upon the former bill as if the suit had been continued by bill of revivor. Story, Eq. PL §§ 378- 380; 2 Paige (N. Y.) 358; 3 Atk. 217. BILL IN NATURE OF A SUPPLEMENTal bill. One which is filed when the interest of the plaintiff or defendant, suing or defending, wholly determines, and the same property becomes vested in another person not claiming under him. The principal difference between this and a supplemental bill seems to be that a supplemental bill, is applicable to such cases only where the same parties or the same interests remain before the court; whereas an original bill in the nature of a supplemental bill is properly applicable where new parties, with new interests, arising from events occurring since the institution of the suit, are brought before the court Story, Eq. PI. § 345.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One which is filed by a mortgagee against the morcgagor, for the purpose of having the property sold, thereby to obtain the sum secured on the premises, with interest and costs. 1 Madd. Ch. Pr. 528. See Foreclosure. BILL IMPEACHING A DECREE FOR
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
One which is filed by a mortgagee against the mortgagor, for the purpose of having the estate sold, thereby to obtain the sum mortgaged on the premises, with interest and costs. 1 Madd. Ch. Pr. 528,
—Bill in nature of a hill of review. A bill in equity, to obtain a re-examination and reversal of a decree, filed by one who was not a party to the original suit, nor bound by the decree.
—Bill in nature of a hill of revivor. Where, on the abatement of a suit, there is such a transmission of the interest of the incapacitated party that the title to it, as well as the person entitled, may be the subject of litigation in a court of chancery, the suit cannot be continued by a mere bill of revivor, but an original bill upon which the title may be litigated must be filed. This is called a "bill in the nature of a bill of revivor." It is founded on privity of estate or title by the act of the party. And the nature and operation of the whole act by which the privity is created is open to controversy. Story, Eq. Pi. §§ 378-380 ; 2 Amer. & Eng. Enc. Law, 271.
Defined under Bill in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In equity practice. One which is filed by a mortgagee against the mortgagor, for the purpose J of having the estate sold, thereby to obtain the sum mortgaged on the premises, with interest and costs. 1 Madd. Ch. Pr, 528.