REMANENT PRO DEFECTU EMPTORUM

remanent pro defectu emptorum (rem-<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>nt proh di-fek-t[y]oo

emp-tor-<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Hist. Remains unsold for want of buyers. • This language was

used in a return of a writ of execution when the sheriff could not sell the seized property. [Cases:

Execution 334. C.J.S. Executions §§ 324–325.] [Blacks Law 8^th]