equitable foreclosure

A foreclosure method in which the court orders the property sold, and the proceeds are applied first to pay the costs of the suit and sale and then to the mortgage debt.

• Any surplus is paid to the mortgagor. [Cases: Mortgages 386. C.J.S. Mortgages § 693.]


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