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verb
To formally contract to purchase, sell or otherwise be party to a disposition of an estate in land; usually requiring the payment of a deposit by one of the parties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, Northern-Ireland, Wales, idiomatic
Topics: law
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verb
To create a contract for the disposition of an estate in land between negotiating parties, by a process which is immediately followed by the exchange of executed counterparts of the contract between each party's legal representative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, Northern-Ireland, Wales
Qualifier: chiefly by legal practitioners
Topics: law
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History
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