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Warrandice

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In Scotch law. A clause in a charter of heritable rights, by which the grantor obliges himself that the right conveyed shall be effectual to the receiver. It is either personal or real. A warranty. Ersk. Inst. 2. 3. 11.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Warranty.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Scotch law. Warranty ; a clause in a charter or deed by which the grantor obliges himself that the right conveyed shall be effectual to the receiver. Ersk. Prin. 2, 3, 11. A clause whereby the grantor of a charter obliges himself to warrant or make good the thing granted to the receiver. 1 Forb. Inst pt. 2, p. 113.

— Absolute warrandice. A warranting or assuring of property against all mankind. It is, in effect, a covenant of title.

— Real warrandice. An infeoffment of one tenement given in security of another.

— Simple warrandice. An obligation to warrant or secure from all subsequent or future deeds of the grantor. A simple warranty against the grantor's own acts. Whishaw.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In Scots law. Warranty by which the grantor obliges himself be effectual to the receiver.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Scotch, for Warrant To defend, of certain facts as an self by grant or collateral grantee shall be undisturbed