redlining

redlining, n.

1. Credit discrimination (usu. unlawful discrimination) by an institution that refuses to provide loans or insurance on properties in areas that are deemed to be poor financial risks or to the people who live in those areas. [Cases: Civil Rights 1041, 1079; Consumer Credit 31. C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 2–3, 14–17, 21, 23; Interest and Usury; Consumer Credit§§ 345–347.]

2. The process, usu. automated, of creating, for an existing document, an interim version that shows, through strike-outs and other typographical features, all deletions and insertions made in the most recent revision. — redline, vb.


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