Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:50-51

  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
The purchase by the holder of the mortgage of the real estate, or any interest therein, sold under a judgment in a foreclosure authorized by this article shall not result in a merger of the fee and the mortgage interest. The real estate so purchased may be held or conveyed subject to the lien of the mortgage as stated in the judgment, and the mortgage may be assigned as a valid and subsisting lien upon the real estate therein described.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.