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foreign administration.See ancillary administration under ADMINISTRATION.[Blacks Law 8th]

foreign,adj.1. Of or relating to another country <foreign affairs>.2. Of or relating to another jurisdiction <the Arizona court gave full faith and credit to the foreign judgment from Mississippi>. — foreigner,n.[Blacks Law 8th]

forehand rent.Hist. 1.A premium paid by the tenant on the making of a lease, esp. on the renewal of a lease by an ecclesiastical corporation. 2. Generally, rent payable before a lease begins.[Blacks Law 8th]

foregoer (for-goh-<<schwa>>r).Hist. A royal purveyor; a person who buys provisions for the Crown at an appraised (that is, reduced) price while the royal household travels about the country.[Blacks Law 8th]

foregift.Hist. A premium paid for a lease in addition to rent; forehand rent. See FOREHAND RENT(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

foreclosure sale.See SALE.[Blacks Law 8th]

foreclosure decree. 1. Generally, a decree ordering a judicial foreclosure sale. 2. A decree ordering the strict foreclosure of a mortgage. [Cases: Mortgages 384. C.J.S. Mortgages § 694.][Blacks Law 8th]

foreclosure (for-kloh-zh<<schwa>>r). A legal proceeding to terminate a mortgagor’s interest in property, instituted by the lender (the mortgagee) either to gain title or to force a sale in order to satisfy the unpaid debt secured by the property. Cf. REPOSSESSION. [Cases: Mortgages 380.C.J.S. Mortgages §§ 490–491, 495, 690–691, 695, 697.] equitable foreclosure.A foreclosure method in…

foreclose,vb. To terminate a mortgagor’s interest in property; to subject (property) to foreclosure proceedings. [Cases: Mortgages 320.C.J.S. Mortgages §§ 490–491, 495, 559, 568.] “Should the mortgagor default in his obligations under the mortgage, the mortgagee will seek to ‘foreclose’, — i.e., ‘end’ or ‘close’ the mortgagor’s rights in the security. After taking the appropriate statutory…

forcible entry and detainer. 1. The act of violently taking and keeping possession of lands and tenements without legal authority. [Cases: Forcible Entry and Detainer 4.] “To walk across another’s land, or to enter his building, without privilege, is a trespass, but this in itself, while a civil wrong, is not a crime. However, if…