First Purchaser

English Law: First Purchaser in the Past

In the English law of descent, the first purchaser was The person who first acquired an estate in a family (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia), which still owns it. A buy of this kind signifies any mode of acquiring an estate, except, by descent. 2 BI; Com. 220. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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1. Partialy, this information about first purchaser is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including first purchaser.

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