Exceptio rei venditae et traditae
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A plea that the thing was sold and delivered.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
An exception or plea of the sale and delivery of the thing. This exception presumes that there was a valid sale and a proper tradition; but though, in consequence of the rule that no one can transfer to another a greater right than he himself has, no property was transferred, yet because of some particular circumstance the real owner is estopped from contesting it. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 299.
Defined under Exceptio in Black's Law Dictionary.