legal right of redemption
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The right of a mortgagor, in a jurisdiction where a mortgage has the effect of vesting title in the mortgagee, to pay the mortgage debt and thus avoid the effect of the mortgage as a transfer of title. Stevens v Turlington, 186 NC 191, 119 SE 210, 32 ALR 870, 873.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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