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n

An action brought by the holder of a security interest in property to terminate the ownerÂ’s interest in order to take possession of, or to sell the property, in satisfaction of the secured debt.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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