innocent purchaser

innocent purchaser
innocent purchaser n: one who purchases property for consideration in good faith and without knowledge of facts that would lead to the suspicion that the seller does not have good title

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

innocent purchaser
An individual who, in good faith and by an honest agreement, buys property in the absence of sufficient knowledge to charge him or her with notice of any defect in the transaction.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


innocent purchaser
An individual who, in good faith and by an honest agreement, buys property in the absence of sufficient knowledge to charge him or her with notice of any defect in the transaction.

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