redhibitory action
Civil law. An action brought to void a sale of a thing having a defect that renders it either useless or so flawed that the buyer would not have bought it in the first place. See REDHIBITION. [Cases: Sales 113; Vendor and Purchaser 123. C.J.S. Sales §§ 123, 128–129, 199; Vendor and Purchaser §§ 300–305.]