Right of redemption

Definition
: the right to regain ownership of property by freeing it from a debt, charge, or lien (as by paying to the creditor what is due to release the secured property)
specif
: a mortgagor's statutory right to redeem after a judicial foreclosure and sale



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substituted contract

a contract between parties to a prior contract that takes the place of and discharges the obligations under the prior contract


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