secured claim

secured claim
secured claim
A loan or debt for which some form of property has been pledged or mortgaged (SA-Bankruptcy.com)

Where a claim is secured by a lien, the code limits that secured claim to the value of the property less any higher priority liens. Since the priority of payment of a secured claim is higher than unsecured claims, this determination can be very important to both the debtor and its creditors. The determination of secured status can occur at various times in the proceedings.
also see claim (Bernstein's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology)

United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms 2012.


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