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Title 9A : Uniform Commercial Code

Article 002 : Sales

(Cite as: 9A V.S.A. § 2-103)
  • § 2—103. Definitions and index of definitions

    (1) In this article unless the context otherwise requires:

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

    (b) [Reserved.]

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

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

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

    “Acceptance”. Section 2-606.

    “Banker’s credit”. Section 2-325.

    “Between merchants”. Section 2-104.

    “Cancellation”. Section 2-106(4).

    “Commercial unit”. Section 2-105.

    “Confirmed credit”. Section 2-325.

    “Conforming to contract”. Section 2-106.

    “Contract for sale”. Section 2-106.

    “Cover”. Section 2-712.

    “Entrusting”. Section 2-403.

    “Financing agency”. Section 2-104.

    “Future goods”. Section 2-105.

    “Goods”. Section 2-105.

    “Identification”. Section 2-501.

    “Installment contract”. Section 2-612.

    “Letter of Credit”. Section 2-325.

    “Lot”. Section 2-105.

    “Merchant”. Section 2-104.

    “Overseas”. Section 2-323.

    “Person in position of seller”. Section 2-707.

    “Present sale”. Section 2-106.

    “Sale”. Section 2-106.

    “Sale on approval”. Section 2-326.

    “Sale or return”. Section 2-326.

    “Termination”. Section 2-106.

    (3) “Control” as provided in section 7-106 of this title and the following definitions in other articles apply to this article:

    “Check”. Section 3-104.

    “Consignee”. Section 7-102.

    “Consignor”. Section 7-102.

    “Consumer goods”. Section 9-102.

    “Dishonor”. Section 3-502.

    “Draft”. Section 3-104.

    (4) In addition Article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this article. (Amended 1999, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. July 1, 2001; 2007, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2015, No. 51, § B.5, eff. June 3, 2015.)