Latent Defect
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
One not discoverable by external examination. 13 N. Y. 9. The term is used both in personal injury law, and in the law of sales. In Personal Injury Law. An employee (108 Ind. 286) and a fortiqri a third person is not bound to take notice of latent defects, while the owner of the defective appliance is bound to use due care and diligence to discover the same, if it can be done by any appropriate test (Wood, Mast. & S. I 368); while a carrier is held to every test dictated by the utmost possible care (119 Mass. 412). In the Law of Sales. A seller is latent defects except under peculiar <dt^ cumstances, as where the goods are of his own manufacture. 21 N. Y. 552.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A defect or blemish in any article sold, known to the seller but not apparent to the purchaser, and which cannot be discovered by mere observation, which, not being discoverable from mere observation, was concealed from the purchaser. See Hoe v. Sanborn, 21 N. Y. 552, 78 Am, Dec. 1G3. '
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A defect in an article sold, which is known to the seller, but not to the purchaser, and is not discoverable by mere observation. See Hoe v. Sanborn, 21 N. Y. 552, 78 Am. Dec. 163. So, a latent defect in the title of a vendor of land is one not discoverable by inspection made with ordinary care. Newell v. Turner, 9 Port. (Ala.) 422
Defined under Latent in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A defect in an article sold, which is known to the seller, but not to the purchaser, and is not discoverable by mere observation. See21N. Y. 552.