redhibitory

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin redhibitōrius, from redhibeō.

Adjective

redhibitory (not comparable)

1. (law) Of or pertaining to redhibition (the annulling of a sale).

   a redhibitory action or fault

   • 1998, “Watkins v. Freeway Motors - A need to clarify the principle of novation”, in Louisiana Law Review:

     rescinding both contracts because the cars had redhibitory defects

2. (non-native speakers' English) Prohibitive (cf. French rédhibitoire).
   • 2009, Luc Hessel, “From clinical research to vaccination policy: 25years experience in vaccinology”, in Human Vaccines, →DOI:

     My wish was to become a professional seaman, but my skills in mathematics were poor and I was wearing glasses, two redhibitory defects at a time when GPS and computers did not exist. Luckily sailing remains my lifelong hobby.

Derived terms

• redhibitory defect
• redhibitory vice

 

References

• “redhibitory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.