redhibition

English

Etymology

Latin redhibitiō (“a taking back”), from redhibeō.

Noun

redhibition (countable and uncountable, plural redhibitions)

1. (law) The annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of the article sold, on account of some defect.

Related terms

• redhibitory

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “redhibition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)