Better Equity
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The right which, in a court of equity, a second incumbrancer has who has taken securities against subsequent dealings to his prejudice, which a prior insumbrancer neglected to take although he had an opportunity.
I Ch. Prec. 470, n.; 4 Rawle, 144. See 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2462.