market overtn.

1555 Act 2 & 3 Phil. & Mary c. 7 One certayn and speciall open place..where horses, mares, geldings and coltes hathe been and shalbeen used to bee solde in any Fayre or Market overt.

1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 7 If a felon sell a Horse without couin in a Market ouert, this doth alter the property.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xxx. 449 Market overt in the country is only held on..special days..; but in London every day, except Sunday, is market day.

1780 E. Burke Let. T. Burgh in Wks. (1826) IX. 250 A market-overt for legalizing a base traffick of Votes and Pensions.

1858 P. J. Bailey Age 15 Some grand delusion happily long covert, But ripe at last for sale in market overt.

1880 Sat. Rev. 28 Feb. 281 A certain article was submitted for analysis by its proprietors to a distinguished analyst, who thoughtfully provided himself with another sample of it bought in market overt.

1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1143/2 The doctrine of market overt is that all sales of goods made therein are binding not only on the parties but also on all other persons: so that if stolen goods are sold in market overt, the purchaser, if acting in good faith, acquires a valid title to them against the true owner.., unless the latter has prosecuted the thief to conviction.

1989 A. P. Dobson Sale of Goods & Consumer Credit (ed. 4) 67 It was held that Maidstone market was a market overt because it was established by charter in 1747.

1994 (title of Act) Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act: An Act to abolish the rule of law relating to the sale of goods in market overt.