home equity loan

home equity loan
home equity loan see loan

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

home equity loan
n.
A loan in which a lender gives money to a borrower in exchange for a lien on the borrower’s house, using the borrower’s equity in his or her house as collateral.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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