vendee

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)

Definitions from Case Law

From 20 U.S. 535 - Blight's v. Rochester · 1822Most cited · 75 citing opinions

The vendee acquires the property for himself, and his faith is not pledged to maintain the title of the vendor. The rights of the vendor are intended to be extinguished by the sale, and he has no continuing interest in the maintenance of his title, unless he should be called upon in consequence of some covenant or warranty in his deed.

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A purchaser; a buyer. VENDENS EANDEM REM DUOBUS fallarius est. He Is fraudulent who sells the same thing twice. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 107.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A purchaser of property.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A purchaser; a buyer.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A purchaser or buyer; one to whom anything is sold. Generally used of the transferee of real property, one who acquires chatteis by sale being called a "buyer."

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

The party to whom a sale is made. It is, however, convenient, and the tendency of usage is, to employ " vendee " or " purchaser " when a sale of real property is in view, and " buyer" when the sale is of chattel property.