market overt

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Law French market overt, a calque of Anglo-Norman marché ouvert (“open market”).

Noun

market overt (uncountable)

1. (law, England and Wales, historical) A (now abolished) rule in English law that overrode the general rule that the purported sale of stolen goods would not transfer ownership, if the goods were openly sold at a designated market between sunrise and sunset.