Redhibitory Action — Law Dictionary

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale on account of some vice or defect in the thing sold which renders its use impossible, or so inconvenient and imperfect that it must be supposed the buyer would not have purchased it had he known of the vice. Civ. Code La. art. 2496. REDHIBITORY DEFECT (or VICE).

In the civil law. A defect in an article sold, for which the seller may be compelled to take it back; a defect against which the seller is bound to warrant. Poth. Contr. Sale, No. 203.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Civil Law. An action instituted to avoid a sale on account of some vice or defect in the thing sold which renders its use impossible or so inconvenient and imperfect that it must be supposed the buyer would not have purchased it had he known of the vice. La. Civ. Code 2496.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the civil law. An action for redhibition. An action to avoid a sale on account of some vice or defect in the thing sold, which renders its use impossible or so inconvenient and imperfect that it must be supposed the buyer would not have purchased it had he known of the vice. Civ. Code La. art. 2520.