What is BILL OF SALE?

In contracts. A written agreement under seal, by which one person assigns or transfers his right to or interest in goods and personal chattels to another. An instrument by which, in particular, the property in ships and vessels is conveyed. Putnam v. McDonald, 72 Vt. 4. 47 Atl. 159; Young v. Stone. 61 App. Div. 304, 70 N. Y. Supp. 558.

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Related Legal Terms

SALE BILL OF, BILL OF SALE, GRAND BILL OF SALE, CONDITIONAL BILL OF SALE, MORTGAGE BILL OF SALE, POWER OF SALE, BILL IN NATURE OF A BILL OF REVIVOR, BILL OF LADING, SALE, MULTIMODAL BILL OF LADING (B/L)


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