Oct 3, 2019 | Conveyancing and Property Law, Regulatory
A well-known term that every buyer and seller of immovable property may have encountered is that of the voetstoots clause. The term originates from Dutch and translates directly to ‘with the shove of a foot’. What the term in effect means is that the product, in this...
Oct 6, 2017 | Conveyancing and Property Law, Regulatory
In most agreements of sale, whether dealing with movable or immovable property, one is likely to find what is known as the Voetstoots clause. In the case of property sale agreements, it means that the property is sold “as is”, meaning with all patent and latent...