When you buy a house, closing day is as exciting as it gets. You’re finally getting the keys to your new home. But before that can happen, you need to sign a stack of papers as thick as a school ...

Covenant defeasance allows the issuer to remove the bond's covenants by placing the remaining payments with a trustee in escrow to be paid out on schedule.

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