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a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.[1900-05]
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second mortgage
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second mortgage — A junior mortgage, a mortgage to which another mortgage is prior … Ballentine's law dictionary
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second mortgage — noun Date: 1912 a mortgage the lien of which is subordinate to that of a first mortgage … New Collegiate Dictionary
