foreclosure
noun
fore·clo·sure
(ˌ)fȯr-ˈklō-zhər 
: an act or instance of foreclosing
specifically
: a legal proceeding that bars or extinguishes a mortgagor's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate
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No one else even bid on it, according to Paul Cooper of Alex Cooper Auctioneers, which oversaw the foreclosure auction.
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Zach Everson, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Popular on Variety Earlier this year, Findley allegedly published a fraudulent foreclosure notice in local newspaper The Commercial Appeal advertising that Naussany would auction off Graceland to the highest bidder on May 23.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
Findley is also accused of publishing several fraudulent foreclosure notices in The Commercial Appeal, a Memphis newspaper, announcing Naussany Investments' plan to auction Graceland to the highest bidder on May 23.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2024
The foreclosure notice ran in early July in the pages of the St. Paul Legal Ledger, not the typical nightly reading material for most tenants of downtown St. Paul’s Lowry Apartments.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2024
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Zach Everson, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Popular on Variety Earlier this year, Findley allegedly published a fraudulent foreclosure notice in local newspaper The Commercial Appeal advertising that Naussany would auction off Graceland to the highest bidder on May 23.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
Findley is also accused of publishing several fraudulent foreclosure notices in The Commercial Appeal, a Memphis newspaper, announcing Naussany Investments' plan to auction Graceland to the highest bidder on May 23.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2024
The foreclosure notice ran in early July in the pages of the St. Paul Legal Ledger, not the typical nightly reading material for most tenants of downtown St. Paul’s Lowry Apartments.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2024
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foreclosure
noun
fore·clos·ure
fōr-ˈklō-zhər
1
: a legal proceeding that bars or extinguishes a mortgagor's equity of redemption in mortgaged real property see also deficiency judgment at judgment, redeem, right of redemption, statutory foreclosure, strict foreclosure sense 1
2
: the extinguishment (as under the provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code) of the rights of a debtor in personal property subject to a security interest by judicial proceedings and especially by judicial sale see also strict foreclosure sense 2
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