Subject to these conditions, all contracts whatsoever, for conveying rights of property--that is, for buying and selling, borrowing and lending, giving and receiving property--are naturally obligatory, and bind such rights of property as they purport to convey.
Spooner outlines the conditions under which contracts for property conveyance are valid.
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