frozen collateral

Frozen Collateral

Collateral on a loan that the lender may not seize. The possibility of frozen collateral is a risk the lender takes when he/she accepts any collateral for a loan. Most of the time, collateral becomes frozen when there is a dispute as to whether the borrower owns it, or when two lenders disagree as to who has prior claim to it.

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frozen collateral

Collateral that the lender is unable to seize in order to satisfy repayment of a debt. For example, a lender may find that there is a legal question as to who actually owns the asset pledged as collateral.

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