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clog on the equity of redemption

noun

C2CEFR level
99/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

An improper contractual fetter that impedes or postpones a mortgagor's right to redeem the security.

The option letting the lender buy the property was void as a clog on the equity of redemption.

Similar: fetter

Topic: Conveyancing & land in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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