{"id":2735,"date":"2017-01-28T17:35:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T22:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expertbatiment.ca\/expertise-and-engineering\/legal-expertise\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T10:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T15:44:54","slug":"expertise-legale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/expertbatiment.ca\/en\/expertise\/expertise-legale\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-e4cc818\" data-block-id=\"e4cc818\"><style>.stk-e4cc818 .stk-block-text__text{font-size:16px !important}@media screen and (max-width:1023px){.stk-e4cc818 .stk-block-text__text{font-size:16px !important}}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">A defect, in the legal sense, is one that makes the property unfit for its purpose or so diminishes its value that the buyer, had he known about it, would not have purchased the property or at least would not have paid the asking price.  <br\/><br\/>A defect is said to be &#8220;hidden&#8221; when it is not apparent and cannot be detected by careful examination. 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