State vy. Carr, 28 Or
Categories: Contracts
Definition (1910 Edition)
389, 42 Pac. 215.—Inmocent conveyances. A technical term of the English law of conveyancing, used to designate such conveyances as may be made by a leasehold tenant without working a forfeiture. These are said to be lease and re-lease, bargain and sale, and, in case of a life-tenant, a covenant to stand seised. See ‘1 Chit. Pr. 243 —Innocent purchaser. One who, by an honest contract or agreement, purchases property or acquires an interest therein, without knowledge, or means of knowledge sufficient to charge him in law with knowledge, of any infirmity in the title of the seller. Hanchett v. Kimbark, (Ill.) 2 N. BE. 5173 Gerson v. Pool, 31 Ark. 90;
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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