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redhibition Civil Law.|rɛdhɪˈbɪʃən| [a. F. rédhibition (16th c.), or ad. L. redhibitiōn-em, n. of action f. redhibēre to take back or give back, f. red- re- + habēre to have.] (See quot. 1727–41.) The nature of the evidence leaves it doubtful whether the word has ever been actually in English use; the entry in Chambers is translated from the Dict. de Trévoux (1721).
1656Blount Glossogr. (copying Cotgr.), Redhibition, restitution of a thing to him that sold it; the causing of one by Law to take that again, which he sold. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Redhibition, in the civil law, an action allowed a buyer, whereby to annul the sale of some moveable,..upon the buyer's finding it damaged, or that there was some personal cheat, etc. 1852–6in Bouvier Law Dict. U.S. [Hence in Worcester and later Dicts.] |