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Rhode Island General Laws Title 6A. Uniform Commercial Code § 6A-2-103. Definitions and index of definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “ Buyer” means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods.

(2) “ Good faith” in the case of a merchant means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade.

(3) “ Receipt” of goods means taking physical possession of them.

(4) “ Seller” means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods.

(b) Other definitions applying to this chapter or to specified parts thereof, and the sections in which they appear are:

“Acceptance”. § 6A-2-606.

“Banker's credit”. § 6A-2-325.

“Between merchants”. § 6A-2-104.

“Cancellation”. § 6A-2-106(4).

“Commercial unit”. § 6A-2-105.

“Confirmed credit”. § 6A-2-325.

“Conforming to contract”. § 6A-2-106.

“Contract for sale”. § 6A-2-106.

“Cover”. § 6A-2-712.

“Entrusting”. § 6A-2-403.

“Financing agency”. § 6A-2-104.

“Future goods”. § 6A-2-105.

“Goods”. § 6A-2-105.

“Identification”. § 6A-2-501.

“Installment contract”. § 6A-2-612.

“Letter of credit”. § 6A-2-325.

“Lot”. § 6A-2-105.

“Merchant”. § 6A-2-104.

“Overseas”. § 6A-2-323.

“Person in position of seller”. § 6A-2-707.

“Present sale”. § 6A-2-106.

“Sale”. § 6A-2-106.

“Sale on approval”. § 6A-2-326.

“Sale or return”. § 6A-2-326.

“Termination”. § 6A-2-106.

(c) “Control” as provided in § 6A-7-106 and the following definitions in other chapters apply to this chapter:

“Check”. § 6A-3-104.

“Consignee”. § 6A-7-102.

“Consignor”. § 6A-7-102.

“Consumer goods”. § 6A-9-102.

“Dishonor”. § 6A-3-502.

“Draft”. § 6A-3-104.

(d) In addition chapter 1 of title 6A contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.

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