market overt

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What does market overt mean?

A rule in English law that overrode the general rule that the purported sale of stolen goods would not transfer ownership, if the goods were openly sold at a designated market between sunrise and sunset.

Where does market overt come from?

Learned borrowing from Law French market overt, a calque of Anglo-Norman marché ouvert (“open market”).

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