catching bargain

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catching bargain (plural catching bargains)

  1. (law) A bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price.
    • 1765, Kentucky Court of Appeals, Reports of Civil and Criminal Cases Decided by the Court of Kentucky:
      It seems to me that the contract in the bill mentioned, was free from any suggestion of falsehood or concealment of the truth; that it was a catching bargain by the purchaser

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