confirmor
confirmor noun: one who performs the confirmation of an estate; the grantor of a deed of confirmation.
Noun
confirmor (plural confirmors)
- One who performs the confirmation of an estate; the grantor of a deed of confirmation.
- The confirmor must have such an estate and property in the thing of which the confirmation is made, as may enable him to confirm the estate to the confirmee; Dyer 109.1826, S. F. T. Wilde, editor, A Supplement to Mr. Barton’s Precedents in Conveyancing […], volume 2, page 325, note 1
- A purchaser of real estate who resells the property before the transaction is completed.
- Confirmors buy and sell a property before a transaction is completed and they are generally thought to be speculators.2004 August 30, “Buy-and-sell home market loses steam as deals fall off”, in South China Morning Post
- During the period between the signing of the provisional S&P agreement and the completion of the sale, “A” (the confirmor) sells the property to sub-purchaser “C” for a higher price.2008, Chris Dillon, Landed: The Expatriate’s Guide to Buying and Renovating Property in Hong Kong, →ISBN, page 27
Forms of confirmor
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Questions about confirmor
- What does confirmor mean?
- Confirmor means one who performs the confirmation of an estate; the grantor of a deed of confirmation.
- What part of speech is confirmor?
- Confirmor is a noun.
- What is the plural of confirmor?
- The plural of confirmor is confirmors.
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