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Caveat Emptor

OR. Let the buyer take care. This maxim summarizes the rule that the purchaser of an article must examine, judge, and test it for himself, being bound to discover any obvious defects or imperfec-tions. Miller v. Tiffany, 1 wall. 309, 17 L. Ed. 540; Barnard v. Kellogg, 10 wall. 388, 19 L. Ed. 987; Slaughter v. Gerson, 13 wall. 383, 20 L. Ed. 627; Hargous v. Stone, 5 N. Y. 82; wissler v. Craig, 80 Va. 32; wright v. Hart, 18 wend. (N. Y.) 453

Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)