Real estate investment trust

Definition
: a business trust similar to a closed-end investment company except that it invests in real estate either as an owner having equity in the property or as a lender holding mortgages on the property



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in personam jurisdiction

the jurisdiction granted a court over persons before it that allows the court to issue a binding judgment


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