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Resurrender

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Where copyhold land has been mortgaged by surrender, and the mortgagee has been admitted, then, on the mortgage debt being paid off, the mortgagor is entitled to have the land reconveyed to him, by the mortgagee surrendering it to the lord to his use. This^is called a "resurrender." 2 Dav. Conv. 1332n.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The reconveyance of copyhold land to the mortgagor on payment of the debt.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Where copyhold land has been mortgaged by surrender, and the mortgagee has bcen admitted, then, on the mortgage debt being paid off, the mortgagor is entitled to have the land reconveyed to him, by the mortgagee surrendering it to the lord to his use. This is called a "resurrender." 2 Dav. Conv. l332n.