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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:50-21

  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
If a mortgagee or those holding under him shall be in possession of the real estate specified in the mortgage, or any part thereof, for 20 years after a default of payment by the mortgagor, the right or equity of redemption in the mortgage shall be forever barred.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.