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Redhibitio

Defined in 1 dictionary — Abbott (1879)

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

or REDHIBITION. The civil-law name for buyer's rescission of the contract of sale; the returning a thing purchased for defects, and annulling the sale. Redhibitory action. A suit to annul a sale for defect of the thing as delivered. Redhibitory defect, fault, or vice. One which entitles the buyer to return the thing bought, and rescind the sale.