rĕd-hĭbĕo (rĕt-hĭb-), no perf., ĭtum, 2, v. a. [habeo],
mercant. t. t., to take back a defective article purchased; hence, of the buyer, to carry , give back; of the seller, to receive back : redhibere est facere, ut rursus habeat venditor, quod habuerat, et quia reddendo id fiebat, idcirco redhibitio est appellata quasi redditio, Dig. 21, 1, 21; cf. the whole chapter, ib. 21, 1, De redhibitione, etc.: si malae emptae Forent, nobis istas redhibere haud liceret, to give back , return , Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 113; cf.: in mancipio vendendo dicendane vitia, quae nisi dixeris, redhibeatur mancipium jure civili, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91; and: (eunuchum) redhiberi posse quasi morbosum, etc., Gell. 4, 2, 7; 10: (servus) redhibitus ob aliquod vitium, id. 17, 6, 2: rem, Cod. Just. 8, 27, 4: dixit (sc. venditor) se (ancillam) redhibere, si non placeat, to take or receive back , Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 87 (but in id. Men. 5, 7, 49, the correct read. is reddibo; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).