Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 565 > Act 348 of 1990 - Priority of Mortgages

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Future advance: means an indebtedness or other obligation that is secured by a mortgage and arises or is incurred after the mortgage has been recorded, whether or not the future advance was obligatory or optional on the part of the mortgagee. See Michigan Laws 565.901
• Future advance mortgage: means a mortgage that secures a future advance and is recorded either prior to or after the effective date of this act. See Michigan Laws 565.901
• 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.
• Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Protective advance: means a future advance that arises because the mortgagee makes an expenditure or expenditures for 1 or more of the following: