A look at some of the legal jargon a prospective purchaser may encounter when involved in the legal process of buying a property in Jersey.

Until November 2006 all contracts for the sale and purchase of freehold property in Jersey were drawn up in the French language. Since then it has been mandatory for all contracts to be in English. Although the move from French to English has made it easier for a prospective purchaser to understand his contract of purchase, there is still a certain amount of jargon which surrounds the conveyancing process and which this article seeks to decipher.

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