According to Anglo-American property law, a mortgage occurs when an owner (usually of a fee simple / freehold interest in real property, but frequently leasehold in England and Wales) pledges his or her interest (right to the property) as security or collateral for a loan. Therefore, a mortgage is an encumbrance (limitation) on the right to the property just as an easement would be, but because mo
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