Remanent pro defectu emptorum
REMANENT PRO DEFECTU EMPTORUM, practice. The return made by the sheriff to a
writ of execution when he has not been able to sell the property seized,
that the same remains unsold for want of buyers: in that case the plaintiff
is entitled to a venditioni exponas. Com. Dig. Execution, C. 8.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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