foreclosure
noun
fore·clo·sure
(ˌ)fȯr-ˈklō-zhər 
: an act or instance of foreclosing
specifically
: a legal proceeding that bars or extinguishes a mortgagor's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate
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Homeowners are also promised protection from new foreclosures and evictions for at least 60 days.
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Dalia Faheid, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Bracken had been convicted of making a series of threats between March 20 and April 2, 2024, over the foreclosure of his home.
—Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025
Happy starts competing in golf tournaments to gather enough money to stop the foreclosure of his grandmother’s house.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025
Besides being unfair, Baldwin said the HOA went about the foreclosure process in the wrong way.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2025
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Dalia Faheid, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Bracken had been convicted of making a series of threats between March 20 and April 2, 2024, over the foreclosure of his home.
—Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025
Happy starts competing in golf tournaments to gather enough money to stop the foreclosure of his grandmother’s house.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025
Besides being unfair, Baldwin said the HOA went about the foreclosure process in the wrong way.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2025
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foreclosure
noun
fore·clos·ure
fōr-ˈklō-zhər
1
: a legal proceeding that bars or extinguishes a mortgagor's equity of redemption in mortgaged real property see also deficiency judgment at judgment, redeem, right of redemption, statutory foreclosure, strict foreclosure sense 1
2
: the extinguishment (as under the provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code) of the rights of a debtor in personal property subject to a security interest by judicial proceedings and especially by judicial sale see also strict foreclosure sense 2
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