Sheriff's sale
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 204 U.S. 311 - Bacon v. Walker · 1907Most cited · 311 citing opinions
When a party whose only title to property depends upon its sale to him under a statute demands possession of such property from one who is in possession under a bona fide claim of right, the party making such demand must show some right to it, and this obligation he does not meet by showing that he purchased it under a sale which was in plain violation of the very statute under which the sale took place.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A sale of property by a sheriff or his deputy, in execution of the mandate of legal process. Anderson, L. Diet; Batchelder v. Carter, 2 Vt. 172, 19 Am. Dec. 707.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A sale of property, conducted by a sheriff, or sheriff's deputy, in virtue of his authority as an officer holding process.
Defined under Sale in Black's Law Dictionary.