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Pre Emption Lecture
Pre Emption Lecture
1. The right arises only in cases of SALE (does not include Sadqah,
Hiba, Inheritance, Bequest of Lease in perpetuity, Waqf, Wasiyat)
2. Only when the SALE IS COMPLETE- when the price is paid to
the seller by the purchaser
Classification of Pre-emptor
• By acquiescence or waiver
• By the death of the pre-emptor
• By release
Effect of Pre-emption
Once a suit for pre-emption is decreed, the pre-emptor stands the
pre-emptor stands in the shoes of the vendee and take the property
subject to all existing equities. However, the original vendee is
entitled to mesne profits, such as rents and profits, of the property
between the date of the first sale and the date of transfer to the pre-
emptor.