Foreclose
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[from L. Fr. forclorer, T.] To shut out or exclude; to bar.
2 Inst. 298. Stat. 33 Hen. VIII. c. 39.
In equity practice
To bar an equity of redemption.
1 Steph. Com. 284. 1 Daniell's Chanc. Pr. 262.