Transfer of Property Act, 1882 · Chapter IV: Of Mortgages of Immoveable Property and Charges · Redemption
Section 94: Right of mesne mortgagee
In plain words
Where a property is mortgaged to successive lenders, an intermediate lender has the same rights against later lenders as against the borrower.
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Official text
[94. Rights of mesne mortgagee.— Where a property is mortgaged for successive debts to successive mortgagees, a mesne mortgagee has the same rights against mortgagees posterior to himself as he has against the mortgagor.]
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