Right to redeem
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
See Right of redemption.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The term "right of redemption," or "right to redeem," is familiarly used to describe the estate of the debtor when under mortgage, to be sold at auction, in contradistinction to an absolute estate, to be set off by appraisement It would ba more consonant to the legal character of this interest to call it the "debtor's estate sub jcot to mortgage," White v. Whitney, 3 Mete. (Mass.) 86.