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DRY MORTGAGE Definition & Legal Meaning

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One which creates a lien on land for the payment of money, but does not impose any personal liability upon the mortgagor,collateral to or over and above the value of the promises. Frowenfeld v. Hastings, 134 Cal. .128, 00 Pac. 178.

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