mortgagor
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noun
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What really gives FHA insured mortgages distinction is that not only must the mortgagor and the servicing agent be approved but the mortgagee who puts up the funds must also pass muster.
From Time Magazine Archive
If a testator devises mortgaged land, is the devisee or person who receives the land also entitled to the money due from the mortgagor?
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
Mortgages are frequently given in cases where there is a debt existing to secure or indemnify the mortgagee against some liability which he may possibly incur on behalf or for the benefit of the mortgagor.
From Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) by Eaton, Seymour
The covenants for title implied by a mortgagor conveying “as beneficial owner” are the same as in the case of a vendor, but they are absolute and not qualified in the manner above pointed out.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
Until the mortgagor fails to execute his part of the agreement, he retains possession of the property.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
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