Foreclosure

The act of foreclosing; prevention. (Law.) The proceeding of a mortgagee to compel the mortgagor to elect whether to redeem the pledge or submit to the extinguishment of his right in the property, styled his equity of redemption. In some cases, however, the mortgagee obtains a decree for a sale of the land under the direction of an officer of the court, in try. The courts do not judicially take notice of foreign laws; and they must, therefore, be proved as facts. Exemplified or sworn copies of written laws and other public documents must, as a general thing, be produced when they can be produced; but should they be refused by the competent authorities, then inferior proof may be admitted. The effect of foreign laws, when proved, is properly referable to the court; the object of the proof is to enable the court to instruct the jury what is, in point of law, the result from foreign laws to be ap sail on the foremast of a ship; - the fore-and-aft sail on the foremast of a schooner: - the triangular sail before the mast of a sloop attached to the stay which leads from the mast-head to the foot of the bowsprit.