after-acquired clause

after-acquired clause definition - finance
A paragraph found in a mortgage that says that any additional mortgages acquired after the first mortgage is obtained will be additional collateral for the first mortgage.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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