voetstootsadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈfʊtstʊəts/, U.S.

/ˈfʊtˌstʊts/, South African English

/ˈfʊtstʊəts/

Forms: 1800s– voetstoots, 1900s– voetstoets. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans voetstoots.

Etymology: < Afrikaans voetstoots < Dutch voetstoots (1684) < voet foot n. + stoot push, action of pushing ( < stoten to push: see stut v.¹) + -s -s suffix¹, after met de voet te stoten to buy in such a manner, lit. ‘to push with the foot’ (1571 in stotende mette voet, used adverbially).On the origin of the expression compare: 1820 tr. S. van Leeuwen Comm. Roman-Dutch Law iv. 386 Goods are often sold in their actual state, whether good or bad, which is denominated pushing off with the foot [Dutch met de voet te stooten]; in which case one is obliged to nothing else but to deliver the goods sold as good and bad as they are.

South African.

A. adv.

1. Law. With reference to a sale or purchase: as is, as seen; in its existing condition, including any defects and without guarantees.

ΚΠ

1883 Cases decided Eastern Districts Court Cape of Good Hope II. 351 The female slave whose sale the purchaser sought to set aside on the ground of a mental infirmity of which the seller was ignorant at the time of the sale, had been sold ‘voetstoots’, as she stood.

1917 S. Afr. Law Jrnl. 34 436 The defendants..denied that the oxen had been purchased voetstoots.

1961 C. I. Belcher Norman's Law Sale & Purchase in S. Afr. (ed. 3) 272 Where the article is sold Voet Stoets the seller on his side cannot complain if the article turns out better than either party thought.

1987 J. A. Brown Seeds of Anger ii. 39 I gave twelve thousand for it, voetstoots.

2017 Daily Dispatch (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 5 July All items to be auctioned in Arcadia next week will be sold voetstoots.

2. In extended use: without reservation or qualification; unconditionally.

ΚΠ

1979 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) 29 Apr. (Mag. section) 3 I'm not saying that I'm 100 percent for school uniforms voetstoets.

1990 Fair Lady (Cape Town) 21 Nov. 81 Committed bachelors that we once were, we've taken each other voetstoots.

2014 @UrsulaChikane 19 Oct. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) The key is to recognise people for what they are & either love them voetstoets or get away from them.

B. adj.

Law. Designating the sale or purchase of an item in its existing condition, including any defects and without guarantees; designating a contract, clause, etc., specifying such an arrangement.

ΚΠ

1903 Rep. Cases Supreme Court S. Afr. Republic 1891–2 IV. 14 A contract for the sale of land..contained a ‘voetstoots’ clause.

1948 S. Afr. Law Jrnl. 65 536 The principle of the Alumenite case was held to be applicable to the case of a voetstoets sale.

1971 Argus (Cape Town) 5 June (Property section) 2 A so-called ‘Voetstoets’ clause does not protect the seller against fraud or the non-disclosure of a material defect.

1986 Style (S. Afr.) Apr. 146 Auctions are voetstoots deals, and the owner has no recourse in the event of serious latent defects.

2006 A. Govindjee in A. Govindjee et al. Commerc. Law 1 xiii. 231 The seller can..avoid liability by including a voetstoots clause in the contract.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	voetstoots
释义	voetstootsadv.adj. Brit. /ˈfʊtstʊəts/, U.S. /ˈfʊtˌstʊts/, South African English /ˈfʊtstʊəts/ Forms: 1800s– voetstoots, 1900s– voetstoets. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans voetstoots. Etymology: < Afrikaans voetstoots < Dutch voetstoots (1684) < voet foot n. + stoot push, action of pushing ( < stoten to push: see stut v.¹) + -s -s suffix¹, after met de voet te stoten to buy in such a manner, lit. ‘to push with the foot’ (1571 in stotende mette voet, used adverbially).On the origin of the expression compare: 1820 tr. S. van Leeuwen Comm. Roman-Dutch Law iv. 386 Goods are often sold in their actual state, whether good or bad, which is denominated pushing off with the foot [Dutch met de voet te stooten]; in which case one is obliged to nothing else but to deliver the goods sold as good and bad as they are. South African. A. adv. 1. Law. With reference to a sale or purchase: as is, as seen; in its existing condition, including any defects and without guarantees. ΚΠ 1883 Cases decided Eastern Districts Court Cape of Good Hope II. 351 The female slave whose sale the purchaser sought to set aside on the ground of a mental infirmity of which the seller was ignorant at the time of the sale, had been sold ‘voetstoots’, as she stood. 1917 S. Afr. Law Jrnl. 34 436 The defendants..denied that the oxen had been purchased voetstoots. 1961 C. I. Belcher Norman's Law Sale & Purchase in S. Afr. (ed. 3) 272 Where the article is sold Voet Stoets the seller on his side cannot complain if the article turns out better than either party thought. 1987 J. A. Brown Seeds of Anger ii. 39 I gave twelve thousand for it, voetstoots. 2017 Daily Dispatch (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 5 July All items to be auctioned in Arcadia next week will be sold voetstoots. 2. In extended use: without reservation or qualification; unconditionally. ΚΠ 1979 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) 29 Apr. (Mag. section) 3 I'm not saying that I'm 100 percent for school uniforms voetstoets. 1990 Fair Lady (Cape Town) 21 Nov. 81 Committed bachelors that we once were, we've taken each other voetstoots. 2014 @UrsulaChikane 19 Oct. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) The key is to recognise people for what they are & either love them voetstoets or get away from them. B. adj. Law. Designating the sale or purchase of an item in its existing condition, including any defects and without guarantees; designating a contract, clause, etc., specifying such an arrangement. ΚΠ 1903 Rep. Cases Supreme Court S. Afr. Republic 1891–2 IV. 14 A contract for the sale of land..contained a ‘voetstoots’ clause. 1948 S. Afr. Law Jrnl. 65 536 The principle of the Alumenite case was held to be applicable to the case of a voetstoets sale. 1971 Argus (Cape Town) 5 June (Property section) 2 A so-called ‘Voetstoets’ clause does not protect the seller against fraud or the non-disclosure of a material defect. 1986 Style (S. Afr.) Apr. 146 Auctions are voetstoots deals, and the owner has no recourse in the event of serious latent defects. 2006 A. Govindjee in A. Govindjee et al. Commerc. Law 1 xiii. 231 The seller can..avoid liability by including a voetstoots clause in the contract. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.1883
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