LAW DAY
\lˈɔː dˈe͡ɪ], \lˈɔː dˈeɪ], \l_ˈɔː d_ˈeɪ]\
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The day prescribed in a bond, mortgage, or defeasible deed for payment of the debt secured thereby, or, in default of payment, the forfeiture of the property mortgaged. But this does not now occur until foreclosure. Ward v. Lord, 100 Ga. 407, 28 S. E. 440; Moore v. Norman, 43 Minn. 428, 45 N. W. 857, 9 L. R. A. 55, 19 Am. St. Rep. 247; ICortright v. Cady, 21 N. Y. 345. 78 Am. Rep. 145.
By Henry Campbell Black
Word of the day
Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.