mortgagee
a person to whom property is mortgaged.
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How to use mortgagee in a sentence
It is the deed always given by a mortgagee on the payment or discharge of his mortgage.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesOn the other hand a somewhat different rule applies between mortgagor and mortgagee.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThis is a great responsibility to repose in the mortgagee, and he must perform the trust in good faith in every respect.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThis rule, though, is denied by some courts, which hold he cannot because the officer is acting as the mortgagee's agent.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesOn the other hand, the mortgagee can transfer, sell or assign his mortgage to another, and this is often done.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
British Dictionary definitions for mortgagee
/ (ˌmɔːɡɪˈdʒiː) /
the party to a mortgage who makes the loan
a person who holds mortgaged property as security for repayment of a loan
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