deficiency judgment
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In Kansas, a deficiency judgment must be sought at the time of foreclosure.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2013
In most cases, the only way out of a deficiency judgment is by filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2013
The holder of the deficiency judgment, demanding his $1,000, favored bankruptcy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Against him was pending a $1,000 deficiency judgment because his home, on which he had a $5,000 mortgage, brought only $4,000 at forced sale.
From Time Magazine Archive
Colonel Pennington may have the lands sold to satisfy a deficiency judgment against us, but while those life-leases from the former owner are in force, my father's proteges cannot be dispossessed.
From The Valley of the Giants by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
