Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Caveat venditor

Let the seller beware.

Ea quae commendandi causa in venditionibus dicuntur, si palam appareant venditorem non obligant.

Those things that, by way of commendation, are stated at sales, if they are openly apparent, do not hind they are openly apparent do not bind the seller.

Emptor emit quam minimo potest; venditor vendit quam maximo potest

The buyer buys for as little as possible; the vendor sells for as much as possible.

In contrahenda venditione, ambiguum pactum contra venditorem interpretandum est

In the contract of sale, an ambiguous agreement is to be interpreted against the seller.

Non dubitatur, etsi specialiter venditor evictionem non promiserit, re evicta, ex empto competere actionem

It is certain that even if the vendor has not given a special guarantee, an action ex empto lies against him, if the purchaser is evicted.

Quidquid enim sive dolo et culpa venditoris accidit in eo venditor securus est

For concerning anything that occurs without deceit and guilt on the part of the vendor, the vendor is secure.

Sive tota res evincatur, sive pars, habet regressum emptor in venditorem

If the property is taken from him by eviction, whether whole or in part, the purchaser has an action against the vendor. Dig. 21.2.1.

caveat venditor

[Latin] Let the seller beware.

venditor

, n. Hist. See VENDOR.

venditor regis

. [Latin] Hist. The king's seller; esp., the person who sold goods and chattels that had been seized or distrained to answer a debt due to the king.