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Acceleration (law)

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In a mortgage contract, activation of an acceleration clause may operate as a precursor to a foreclosure action through which a lender may legally compel the sale of the property that the borrower acquired by using the mortgage loan. Proceeds from any subsequent sale of the property may be taken by
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For lease contracts, without the inclusion of an acceleration clause in a lease, a landlord's right to sue for damages for breach of a lease may accrue on the date the termination date of the lease. With an acceleration clause a landlord may be able to sue for damages when a breach of the lease
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In the event Purchaser defaults on any payment or fails to comply with any condition of this contract the full amount shall be immediately due and payable".
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for the debt owed under the contract be start to run on the date of default, not the date the final payment would otherwise have been due.
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is defined in law as a shortening of the time period in which something is to take place.
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The concept of acceleration most often arises within the context of contract law. An
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An acceleration clause was examined in the 1971 Rhode Island Supreme Court case of
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the lender to recover any amount that the borrower still owes under the loan.
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The court found that the language of the clause caused the
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