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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessaisie immobilière
Pronunciation / Transliteration: saisie immobilière
"Leur maison est sous le coup d'une saisie immobilière."
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The legal process by which a mortgage lender takes possession of a property because the borrower has failed to make mortgage payments.
"The family faced foreclosure after falling behind on their monthly mortgage payments."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'foreclosure' originates from the Middle English word 'forclosen', which means to shut out or exclude. It evolved from the Old French 'forclore', derived from 'for-' meaning 'out' and 'clore' meaning 'to close'. The term has been used in legal contexts since the 16th century to refer to the process of taking possession of a mortgaged property when the mortgagor fails to keep up their mortgage payments.
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saisie immobilière
Transliteration: saisie immobilière
"Leur maison est sous le coup d'une saisie immobilière."
Zwangsversteigerung
Transliteration: Zwangsversteigerung
"Die Bank drohte mit der Zwangsversteigerung des Hauses."
pignoramento
Transliteration: pignoramento
"La banca ha avviato la procedura di pignoramento."
ejecución hipotecaria
Transliteration: ejecución hipotecaria
"Evitaron la ejecución hipotecaria en el último minuto."
execução hipotecária
Transliteration: execução hipotecária
"O banco iniciou o processo de execução hipotecária."
बंधक जब्ती
Transliteration: bandhak jabti
"बैंक ने संपत्ति पर बंधक जब्ती की प्रक्रिया शुरू कर दी है।"
抵押品赎回权取消费
Transliteration: dǐyāpǐn shúhuí quán qǔxiāofèi
"由于无法偿还贷款，他们地面临房屋抵押品赎回权取消。"
압류
Transliteration: apnyu
"그들은 주택 담보 대출 상환 실패로 압류 위기에 처했다."
抵当権実行
Transliteration: teitōken jikkō
"住宅ローンの滞納により、銀行が抵当権実行の手続きを進めている。"
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