Venditio
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old European law. A tax on things sold in markets and fairs. Spelman. VENDITIO (Lat.)
In the civil law. In a strict sense, sale; the act of selling; the contract of sale, otherwise called "emptio venditio." Inst. 3. 24; Dig. 18. 1; Calv. Lex.
In a large sense, any mode or species of alienation; any contract by which the property or ownership of a thing may be transferred. Id.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat In the civil law.
In a strict sense, sale; the act of selling; the contract of sale, otherwise called "emptio venditio." Inst 3, 24. Calvin.
In a large sense. Any mode or species of alienation; any contract by which the property or ownership of a thing may be transferred. Id.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. In the civil law. la a strict sense, sale; the act of selling; the conti-act of sale, in a large sense, any mode of alienation; any contract by which an alienation may be effected.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
A sale. Venditioni exponas. That you expose for sale. A writ by which the sheriff sells property already taken in execution under a fieri facias. Abbreviated vend, ex., and v. e. In old practice, issued after a return that the goods so taken remained unsold from want of buyers. See Execution, 3, Writs of.