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warranty deed

A deed containing one or more covenants of title; esp., a deed that expressly guarantees the grantor’s good, clear title and that contains covenants concerning the quality of title, including warranties of seisin, quiet enjoyment, right to convey, freedom from encumbrances, and defense of title against all claims. — Also termed general warranty deed; full-covenant-and-warranty

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bargain and sale

bargain and sale. 1. A negotiated transaction, usu. for goods, services, or real property. 2. Hist. A written agreement for the sale of land whereby the buyer would give valuable consideration (recited in the agreement) without having to enter the land and perform livery of seisin, so that the parties equitably “raised a use” in

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indecency

indecency, n. The state or condition of being outrageously offensive, esp. in a vulgar or sexual way. • Unlike obscene material, indecent speech is protected under the First Amendment. Cf. OBSCENITY. [Cases: Obscenity 1. C.J.S. Obscenity §§ 1–8.] — indecent, adj. “Obscenity is that which is offensive to chastity. Indecency is often used with the

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liege poustie

liege poustie (leej pow-stee). [Law French “liege power” fr. Latin legitima potestas “lawful power”] Scots law. The lawful power of one in good health, as a result of which the person might dispose of heritable property. • The phrase often appeared attributively, as in liege poustie conveyance. Cf. LEGITIMA POTESTAS. “LIEGE POUSTIE; is that state

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misdescription

misdescription. 1. A contractual error or falsity that deceives, injures, or materially misleads one of the contracting parties. 2. A bailee’s inaccurate identification, in a document of title, of goods received from the bailor. 3. An inaccurate legal description of land in a deed. [Cases: Deeds 37. C.J.S. Deeds § 53.]

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de warrantia chartae

de warrantia chartae (dee w[schwa]-ran-shee-[schwa] kahr-tee), n. [Law Latin “of a warranty of charter”] Hist. A writ allowing a tenant enfeoffed with a warranty, who was impleaded in an assize or other action in which the tenant could not call upon the warranty, to compel the feoffor to assist the tenant with a plea or

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