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Ne recipiatur

Ne recipiatur, a caveat by a defendant to prevent a plaintiff from trying his cause at certain sittings, where the cause was

Guest

Hill, (1858) 4 C.B.N.S. p. 565, explaining Southcote v. Stanley, (1856) 1 H. & N. 247. See also CAVEAT VIATOR; INNKEEPER. A person who is entertained or to whom hospitality is extended; a person who pays for

Buyer

Buyer [fr. bycgan, bohte, A. S.; bygge, O. E.; to purchase for money] a purchaser. See CAVEAT EMPTOR. Means a person who buys or agrees to buy goods. [Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (3 of

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Emptor

Emptor, a buyer. See CAVEAT EMPTOR.

Contract for sale of land

sale of land is a contract uberrim' fidei. This doctrine apparently only relates to the title; the rule caveat emptor is generally applicable to the physical nature or qualities of the land sold, apart from any representations

Caution

Registration Act, 1925, ss. 54 to 56, is a notice to the Registrar in the nature of a caveat to the effect that the cautioner is entitled to be served with a notice of any application for

Caveator

One who enters a caveat

caveator

caveator : one who enters or files a caveat

caveatee

caveatee : one against whose interest a caveat is entered or filed

Yorkshire Registry Act, 1884

any instrument not required to be registered affect any priority. Among registrable documents otherwise than by memorial are caveats which still require to be registered in the Yorkshire Registers [see Yorkshire Registries Amendment Act, 1885 (48 &

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