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Fla. Stat. § 697.02: Nature of a mortgage.

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  1. CHAPTER 697 INSTRUMENTS DEEMED MORTGAGES AND THE NATURE OF A MORTGAGE

A mortgage shall be held to be a specific lien on the property therein described, and not a conveyance of the legal title or of the right of possession.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 525, 1853; RS 1982; GS 2495; RGS 3837; CGL 5725.

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