Definition

Noun: - A sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage: This is a legal and commercial term referring to a real estate transaction where a parcel of land is sold in its entirety, based on its defined boundaries, rather than by a specific, guaranteed measurement of area (acreage). The seller does not guarantee the exact number of acres.

Usage

• This term is used almost exclusively in legal, real estate, and property contexts to describe a specific type of land sale contract.
• It clarifies that the buyer is purchasing the entire described parcel "in gross" (as a whole lot), accepting it with whatever its actual area turns out to be, rather than paying a price per measured acre.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• The principle is often summarized by the Latin phrase "totum pro parte" (the whole for a part) or the legal maxim "de minimis non curat lex" (the law does not concern itself with trifles) when minor acreage discrepancies are involved.
• It contrasts with a sale "by the acre" or "in acreage," where the total price depends on a warranted measurement.

Variants and Related Words

• Sale by the acre: (noun) A sale where the price is calculated based on a guaranteed number of acres.
• Tract: (noun) An area of land, often a large one.
• Acreage: (noun) An area of land measured in acres.

Synonyms

• Lump-sum land sale (conceptual synonym, though not a standard legal term)
• Entire tract sale

Antonyms

• Sale by the acre
• Acreage sale

Notes

• This is a specialized compound noun. The key components are:
  • Sale: The act of selling.
  • In gross: As a whole; in bulk; without specification of individual parts or measurements.
• The phrase is fixed and typically not used in other grammatical forms (e.g., not commonly used as a verb phrase like "to sale in gross").

Noun

1. a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage