widow foreclosure

Meaning

Noun

Foreclosure on a reverse mortgage after the deedholder dies, while the spouse still lives on the property

Origin

widow + foreclosure from the practice of foreclosing on the survivors (i.e. widow) who live on the property of a dead title owner.

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