- scire facias sur mortgage
- A writ for the enforcement of a mortgage upon default of the mortgagor.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
scire facias sur mortgage
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scire facias sur mortgage — /sayriy feysh(iy)as sar morgaj/ A writ issued upon the default of a mortgagor to make payments or observe conditions, requiring him to show cause why the mortgage should not be foreclosed, and the mortgaged property taken and sold in execution … Black's law dictionary
sur mortgage — /sar morgaj/ Upon a mortgage. In some states the method of enforcing the security of a mortgage, upon default, is by a writ of scire facias sur mortgage, which requires the defendant (mortgagor) to show cause why it should not be foreclosed … Black's law dictionary
