1. The act or an instance of buying.
2. The acquisition of real property by one’s own or another’s act (as by will or gift) rather than by descent or inheritance. [Cases: Vendor and Purchaser
3. C.J.S. Vendor and Purchaser § 3.] Cf. DESCENT(1). — purchase, vb.
compulsory purchase. Rare. See EMINENT DOMAIN.