12 U.S.C. § 1750 : Banks And Banking — National Housing — National Defense Housing Insurance — Definitions Date: 5 Jan 2017 TEXT PDF As used in this subchapter, the terms “mortgage”, “first mortgage”, “mortgagee”, “mortgagor”, “maturity date”, and “State” shall have the same meaning as in section 1707 of this title. (June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title IX, § 901, as added Sept. 1, 1951, ch. 378, title II, § 201, 65 Stat. 295.)