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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

is a term which is applied to land in its most enlarged signifation. Real security, therefore, means the security of mortgages or other incumbrances affecting lands.

3 Atk. 806; 8. C. 2 Ves. sen. 547.