defeasance
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Rather than paying the 101-cent put, EA pursued a defeasance strategy for a pair of $750 million bonds it previously issued, one due in 2031 and the other in 2051.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The defeasance transaction involves no “uncompensated taking” and doesn’t generate a financial loss for a mortgage lender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
The defeasance agent’s guarantee to remit the remaining mortgage payments to the mortgage servicer on time and in full substitutes for the home seller’s liability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
The defeasance manager provides the seller or settlement agent with a fair-market valuation of the remaining payments on a home’s outstanding mortgage, determined using the current market prices of a portfolio of Treasury securities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
The notary raised his eyes to the ceiling, and said in a tone of great pity,— "At least, let me make him give you a deed of defeasance."
From The Clique of Gold by Émile Gaboriau
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