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  2. Caveat emptor - Wikipedia

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    Under the principle of caveat emptor, the buyer could not recover damages from the seller for defects on the property that rendered the property unfit for ordinary purposes. . The only exception was if the seller actively concealed latent defects or otherwise made material misrepresentations amounting to fra

  3. Nemo dat quod non habet - Wikipedia

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    In the eighteenth century at the time of William Blackstone, sales in an open market were an exception to the nemo dat principle in English law. [ 2 ] However, after the growth in the UK of car boot sales led to opportunities for rogues to "fence" stolen property, the Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1994 [ 3 ] abolished the " market overt ...

  4. Mistake (contract law) - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally this is caveat emptor (let the buyer beware), and under common law caveat venditor (let the seller beware). Exceptions A contract might be voidable from ...

  5. Stambovsky v. Ackley - Wikipedia

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    Stambovsky v. Ackley, 169 A.D.2d 254 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991), commonly known as the Ghostbusters ruling, was a case in the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.The court held that a house, which the owner had previously advertised as haunted by ghosts, was legally haunted for the purpose of an action for rescission brought by a subsequent purchaser of the house.

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  7. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    caveat: May he beware When used by itself, refers to a qualification, or warning. caveat emptor: Let the buyer beware In addition to the general warning, also refers to a legal doctrine wherein a buyer could not get relief from a seller for defects present on property which rendered it unfit for use. / ˈ k æ v i æ t ˈ ɛ m p t ɔːr ...

  8. MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. - Wikipedia

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    The plaintiff, Donald C. MacPherson, a stonecutter, was injured when one of the wooden wheels of his 1909 Buick Runabout collapsed. [3] The defendant, Buick Motor Company, had manufactured the vehicle but not the wheel, which had been manufactured by another party but installed by defendant.

  9. The biggest Supreme Court decisions of 2024: From ... - AOL

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    The U.S. Supreme Court issued several major decisions over the course of 2024.. Its rulings include those that have pushed back on the Biden administration's attempted change of Title IX ...