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Mortgage

Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1891)

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

This rule signifies that an instrument originally intended as a mortgage, and not a deed, cannot beconverted intoanything else thana mortgage by any subsequent clause or agreement. Once a2 recompense, always a recompense. 19 Vin. Abr. 277.