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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

BARGAIN, AND SELL. Words used in instruments of conveyance of real estate. See "Construction"; 8 Barb. (N. Y.) 463; 32 Me. 329; 1 T. B. Mon. (Ky.) 30; 1 Conn. 79; 5 Tenn. 124; 2 Bin. (Pa.) 95; 11 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 109; 1 Mo. 576; 1 Murph. (N. C.) 343.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

BARGAIN AND SELL. Words used in instruments of conveyance of real estate. See Construction. From these words. In many states, is implied a covenant of seisin. See Covenant.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In the moat general sense, the passing of a thing from one person to another, whether by feoffment, bargain and sale, gift or lease; in a stricter sense, a species of common-law conveyance, appropriate to the transfer of incorporeal hereditaments, and of estates in expectancy, of which no livery can be made. The word is still used in the United States in general in the strict sense, though otherwise in some states. (irrannm cresceus, I. Growing grain. tirassnm. v. Gressume.