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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:50-46

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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.
Whenever it is provided in a mortgage, or in the evidence of debt secured thereby, that the mortgagee may claim a default for the nonpayment of any municipal lien or liens on the mortgaged premises which shall have remained unpaid for a specified time, the holder of the mortgage, the municipal lien or liens not having been paid within the specified time, may pay or purchase the lien, taking an assignment thereof, and foreclose the mortgage only for the amount due for the municipal lien or liens.

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