EMPTIO REI SPERATAE
A purchase in the hope of an uncertain future profit; the purchase of a thing not yet inexistence or not yet in the possession of the seller, as, the cast of a
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A purchase in the hope of an uncertain future profit; the purchase of a thing not yet inexistence or not yet in the possession of the seller, as, the cast of a
Lat A buyer or purchaser. Used in the maxim “caveat emptor,” let thebuyer beware; i. e., the buyer of an article must be on his guard and take the risks ofhis purchase.Emptor
In the civil law. Purchase. This form of the word is used in the Digests andCode. Dig. 18, 1; Cod. 4, 49. See EMPTIO.
In the civil law. A buyer or purchaser; the buyer. Dig. 18, 1; Cod. 4, 49.
In the civil law. A female purchaser; the. purchaser. Cod. 4, 54. 1.
L Fr. Iu time past 2 Inst. 500.
In French law. An acte is said to be en brevet when a copy of it has not been recorded by the notary who drew it.
A form of action used in Louisiana. Its object is to have a contract declared judicially a simulation and a nullity, to remove a cloud from the title, and to bring back,
In default. Used in Louisiana of a debtor who fails to pay on demandaccording to the terms of his obligation. See Bryan v. Cox, 3 Mart. (La. N. S.) 574.En eschange il
Fr. In fact; in deed; actually.
Span. Judicially; in a court of law; in a suit at law. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. a c. 1.
Fr. In a mass; in a lump; at wholesale.
L. Fr. In a dead hand; in mortmain. Britt. c. 43.
L. Fr. In equal hand. The word “owel” occurs also in the phrase “owelty of partition.”
Fr. In French law. An expression employed to denote that anindorsement made in favor of a person does not transfer to him the property in the billof exchange, but merely constitutes an
Fr. On the way; in the course of a voyage or journey; in course oftransportation. McLean v. U. S., 17 CL CI. 90.
L. Fr. In its mother’s womb. A term descriptive of an unborn child. For some purposes the lawregards an infant en ventre as in being. It may take a legacy; have a
When the donor of a power, who is the owner of the estate,confers upon persons not seised of the fee the right of creating interests to take effectout of it, which could
The act of 32 Henry VIII. c. 28, by which tenants In tall, husbands seised in right of their wives, andothers, were empowered to make leases for their lives or for twenty-one
In Saxon law. The satisfaction for a crime; the recompense for a fault. Skene.