secured creditor

secured creditor
A creditor under an obligation secured as to payment by lien or incumbrance upon property of the debtor or a third person. In bankruptcy, a creditor who has security for his debt upon the property of a bankrupt of a nature to be assignable under the Act or who owns a debt for which some indorser, surety, or other person secondarily liable for the bankrupt has such security upon the bankrupt's assets. Bankruptcy Act § I(28); 11 USC § 1(28).

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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