[f. VEND v. + -EE.] The person to whom a thing is sold; the purchaser.
Most frequently in immediate contrast to vendor.
1547. Act 1 Edw. VI., c. 3 § 8. Such Lessee, donee, vendee, or assignee.
1594. West, 2nd Pt. Symbol., § 59. If the writ of covenant be brought against all the vendors by all the vendees.
1631. Star Chamber Cases (Camden), 117. The Vendee cannott get leave to cutt these trees by any meanes, but the partie must sell the trees to him.
1670. R. Coke, Discourse Trade, 19. Vexatious Suits between Vendor and Vendee, Morgager and Morgagee.
1766. Blackstone, Comm., II. 447. If the vendor says, the price of a beast is four pounds, and the vendee says he will give four pounds, the bargain is struck.
1817. W. Selwyn, Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4), II. 769. A few days after the sale, the vendee gave the factor, in part payment, two promissory notes.
1881. Nicholson, From Sword to Share, xiii. Unpaid accounts of three months standing are charged against the vendee at the rate of 12 per cent.
