defeasance
Example Sentences
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The defeasance account manager collects this market value at settlement, and invests the proceeds in the appropriate U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
The federal government appoints a financial agent—the Treasury or the Department of Housing and Urban Development—to manage mortgage defeasance accounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
The defeasance transaction involves no “uncompensated taking” and doesn’t generate a financial loss for a mortgage lender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
The defeasance agent’s guarantee to remit the remaining mortgage payments to the mortgage servicer on time and in full substitutes for the home seller’s liability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Even if Queen Mary, as a drama, had many more than its actual faults, this fact alone—this extraordinary defeasance by the poet of his familiar identity—would make it a remarkable work.
From Views and Reviews by Henry James
