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Warrandice meaning

What does Warrandice mean?
In Scottish legal practice, warrandice is the granter’s personal obligation that a deed—and the real or personal right it purports to convey—will be effective, and to indemnify the grantee for loss caused by eviction (being deprived of the subject by a better title), reduction of the deed, or defects in the granter’s title. It is a Scots law expression developed by case law and conveyancing practice rather than defined by statute. Key forms include: - Absolute warrandice: the broadest protection, commonly used in dispositions of heritable property, covering all title defects and third‑party claims. - Warrandice from fact and deed: protection only against the granter’s own acts or deeds, past and future. - Simple warrandice: a promise not to grant any future deed that conflicts with the right granted. Where warrandice is qualified (simple, or from fact and deed), recourse lies only against the granter’s acts or omissions. Warrandice is significant in risk allocation on transfers of land and in assignations of leases or other rights. Outside Scotland (England & Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland), the analogous concept is covenants for title (for example, full or limited title guarantee); the term “warrandice” is not generally used.
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Conveyancing or leasing from a company in administration (Scotland): due diligence on appointment, floating charges, warrandice and registration

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Property due diligence checklist: buying or leasing from a heritable creditor in possession (Scotland)

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