v. t.
Mortgaging their lives to covetise. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
I myself an mortgaged to thy will. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. mort-gage; mort dead (L. mortuus) + gage pledge. See Mortal, and Gage. ]
☞ It was called a mortgage (or dead pledge) because, whatever profit it might yield, it did not thereby redeem itself, but became lost or dead to the mortgager upon breach of the condition. But in equity a right of redemption is an inseparable incident of a mortgage until the mortgager is debarred by his own laches, or by judicial decree. Cowell. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]
Chattel mortgage.
To foreclose a mortgage.
Mortgage deed (Law),
adj. burdened with legal or financial obligations;
n. (Law) The person to whom property is mortgaged, or to whom a mortgage is made or given. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) One who gives a mortgage. [ 1913 Webster ]