English translation
A mortgage is a contract whereby a creditor acquires a right in rem over an immovable, by virtue of which he may take priority over ordinary creditors and creditors ranking after him in satisfying his claim out of that immovable, in whosoever's possession it may be.
Arabic original
الرهن الرسمي عقد به يكسب الدائن على عقار حقا عينيا يكون له بموجبه أن
يتقدم على الدائنين العاديين والدائنين التاليين له في المرتبة في استيفاء حقه من ذلك
العقار في أي يد يكون.Ask about this article
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