Definition of Bill of sale

1. Noun. A deed transferring personal property.

Generic synonyms: Deed, Deed Of Conveyance, Title
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

Definition of Bill of sale

1. Noun. A formal instrument for the conveyance or transfer of goods and chattels. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bill Of Sale

bill of credit
bill of entry
bill of exchange
bill of fare
bill of goods
bill of health
bill of indictment
bill of laden
bill of lading
bill of material
bill of materials
bill of particulars
bill of quantities
bill of review
bill of rights
bill of sale (current term)
bill of sight
bill of store
bill poster
bill sticker
billa vera
billability
billable
billables
billabong
billabongs
billard
billary
billboarded

Literary usage of Bill of sale

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Company Precedents, for Use in Relation to Companies Subject to the by Sir Francis Beaufort Palmer (1881)
"°fa bill of sale, and of every schedule or inventory thereto annexed or ... The said bill of sale was made and given by the said company on the day of . 8. ..."

2. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1867)
"The person taking the latter, or his solicitors, might search the registry, and find no mention of any bill of sale affecting the property. ..."

3. Laws of Business for All the States and Territories of the Union and the by Theophilus Parsons (1909)
"It has been much discussed whether a bill of sale, describing the article sold, ... In a recent Massachusetts case, there was a bill of sale as follows ..."

4. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1890)
"Indian Bill of Sale of Bombay Hook, Delaware, 1679. INDIAN bill of sale OF BOMBAY HOOK, ... ye Indian Kings bill of sale of ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"If the appellant did assign the reasons which the defendants say they have heard, and believe, he assigned, for not taking a bill of sale, that circumstance ..."

6. Benjamin's Treatise on the Law of Sale of Personal Property: With References by Judah Philip Benjamin, Edmund Hatch Bennett (1888)
"A collateral agreement as to the application of the consideration does not require to be set out in the bill of sale.8 4. The retention of a part of the ..."

7. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1881)
"On the 4th of October, 1880, one Stanger executed a bill of sale in favour ... On the 8th of November, 1880, he executed a second bill of sale over the same ..."

8. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench: And by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Thomas Flower Ellis, Francis Ellis, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1867)
"Right of assignee of goods under bill of sale, to twenty days from date of bill of ... I. enacts that every bill of sale of personal chattels shall be filed ..."

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