Meanings
nounrobo-signing (plural robo-signings)
plural robo-signings · alternative robosigning
- businessApproving or ratifying a document without reviewing it.
But, what is robo-signing? How does a mortgage get to that point?
2010 October 18, Elizabeth Shell, “The Road to 'Robo-signing'”, in PBS NewsHour, retrieved 19 Jul 2016 - lawInitiating a foreclosure or other legal procedure without knowledge of the facts attested.
The court determined that the practice of multiple foreclosure filings without sufficient documentation of the title and often with inaccurate affidavits – the so-called "robo-signing" phenomenon – was not acceptable.
2010, Commerce, Justice, science, and related agencies appropriations for 2011: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, US House of Representatives
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