market overt
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Law French market overt, a phono-semantic matching of Anglo-Norman marché ouvert (“open market”)
Noun
market overt (uncountable)
- (law, England & 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.