The purchase of the rights or claims to real estate of a person who is not in possession of the land or is disseised. Void, and an offense, at common law. Whitaker v. Cone, 2 Johns. Cas. (N. Y.) 59; Brinley v. Whiting, 5 Pick. (Mass.) 356.
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