redhibition
/ˌrɛd(h)ɪˈbɪʃn/Civil Law (Scottish and United States regional (Louisiana )). Now historical
noun
The annulment of the sale of an article, etc., and its return to the vendor at the instigation of the buyer; (also) a civil action to compel a vendor to take back goods sold on the grounds of some defect.
- The word has apparently never been used in English law, though it is used in English legal sources in the contexts of Roman law, Scottish law, civil law, and Louisiana law..
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Blount (1618–1679), antiquary and lexicographer. From French rédhibition and its etymon classical Latin redhibitiōn-, redhibitiō return (of an article) to the vendor from redhibit-, past participial stem of redhibēre to take back or give back + -iō.