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• LIFTING CLAUSE
  
  A provision in a junior mortgage that allows the underlying senior loan to be replaced or refinanced so long as the amount of the new senior loan does not exceed the amount of the first lien outstanding at the time the junior loan was made. (See junior mortgage, senior loan, subordination agreement)
  
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