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bill of sale

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bill of sale
n. pl. bills of sale Abbr. BS or B/S
A document that attests a transfer of the ownership of personal property.
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Noun1.bill of sale - a deed transferring personal property
deed, deed of conveyance, title - a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
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Tom forged a bill of sale and sold him mother to an Arkansas cotton planter for a trifle over six hundred dollars.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
Tulliver, still confident that he should gain his suit, and finding it eminently inconvenient to raise the said sum until that desirable issue had taken place, had rashly acceded to the demand that he should give a bill of sale on his household furniture and some other effects, as security in lieu of the bond.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
Although he belonged to Dag Daughtry just as much as if the steward possessed a chattel bill of sale of him, his owner did not know that his anaesthetic twist of ravaged nerves tokened the dread disease.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
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