- imperfect mortgage
- A mortgage good in equity, although not at law. Another term for vendor's lien. Gessner v Palmater, 89 Cal 89, 26 P 789.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
imperfect mortgage
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