(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), a purchaser of a certificated or uncertificated security acquires all rights in the security that the transferor had or had power to transfer.

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(b) A purchaser of a limited interest acquires rights only to the extent of the interest purchased.

(c) A purchaser of a certificated security who as a previous holder had notice of an adverse claim does not improve its position by taking from a protected purchaser.

5A Del. C. 1953, §§ ?8-301; 55 Del. Laws, c. 349; 64 Del. Laws, c. 152, § ?6; 71 Del. Laws, c. 75, § ?1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 401, § ?23; 74 Del. Laws, c. 332, § ?42;