Puffer
Puff´er
PUFFER, commerce, contracts. A person employed by the owner of property
which is sold at auction to bid it up, who does so accordingly, for the
purpose of raising the price upon bona fide bidders.
2. This is a fraud which at the choice of the purchaser invalidates the
sale. 5 Madd. R. 37, 440; 3 Madd. R. 112; 12 Ves. 483; l Fonb. Eq. 227, n; 2
Kent, Com. 423; 11 Serg. & Rawle, 86; Cowp. 395; 3 Ves. jun. 628; 6 T. R.
642; 2 Bro. C. C. 326; 3 T. R. 93, 95; 1 P. A. Browne, Rep. 346; 2 Hayw. R.
328; Sugd. Vend. 16; 4 Harr. & McH. 282; 2 Dev. 126; 2 Const. Rep. 821;. 3
Marsh. 526.
blowfish,
fugu,
globefish,
saltwater fish,
sea squab