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purchase: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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purchase1 CONSTRUCTTitle by purchaseBLACKSTONE · NOT DESCENT

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Property law

Acquiring title by one's own act, not by descent

In property law, to take by purchase is to acquire title to land by one's own act or agreement (sale, gift, or devise) rather than by descent, that is, by inheritance through operation of law on an ancestor's death. Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England drew this line between title by purchase and title by descent, and Garner's Black's law dictionary preserves it, so a "purchaser" in this technical meaning includes anyone who takes otherwise than by inheritance, even a donee who paid nothing. The referent is a mode of acquiring property, defined against descent, and it is a different construct from leverage or from the everyday act of buying.[1][2]

Unit
Acquisition of title by act of the parties rather than by descent
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Established by whether title passed by conveyance or act of a party versus by inheritance

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References

  1. Blackstone, W. (1979). Commentaries on the laws of England. University of Chicago Press. (Original work published 1765–1769) ISBN 9780226055381
  2. Garner, B. A. (Ed.). (2014). Black's law dictionary (10th ed.). Thomson Reuters. ISBN 9780314613004

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