- Remanent pro defectu emptorum
- They remain for want of purchasers; that is, goods offered for sale by a sheriff.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
remanent pro defectu emptorum — /rameynant prow dafekt(y)uw em(p)toram/ 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 … Black's law dictionary