significance in mortgagesThe mortgage is still the most widely used form of security device in transactions involving land in Anglo-American jurisdictions. Alternative devices, such as the deed of trust (whereby a trustee holds title to the property and conveys it to the debtor if he pays the debt or sells the property and divides the proceeds if the debtor defaults) or the long-term land contract (whereby the seller...
Deed of trust
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