emptor

plural emptors

1. lawBuyer.

   This was treacherous territory for both the emptor and the vendor, made even riskier by the sheer size of the market.

   2016, M. R. Griffiths, J. R. Lucas, Value Economics: The Ethical Implications of Value for New Economic Thinking, →ISBN, page 204

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   “The point at issue seems to be now a mere difference of opinion as to the definition of the word ‘payment’ between the vendor and emptor.[…]”

   1923 April, Emeric Hulme Beaman, “A Matter of Principle”, in The Windsor Magazine, number 340, page 560

   Nolte […] is of the following opinion: As a rule, the emptor cannot waive his claim for delivery of documents and demand delivery of the discharged goods […]

   1940 August, William L. Smyser, “Delivery of Possession Under Straight Bills of Lading in Germany”, in Comparative Law Series, volume 3, number 8, page 446