Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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judicial foreclosure

A costly and time-consuming foreclosure method by which the mortgaged property is sold through a court proceeding requiring many standard legal steps such as the filing of a complaint, service of process, notice, and a hearing. ( Judicial foreclosure is available in all jurisdictions and is the exclusive or most common method of foreclosure in at least 20 states.

nonjudicial foreclosure

See FORECLOSURE.