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12A:2-103. Definitions and index of definitions.
(1)In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)"Buyer" means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods.
(b)"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.
(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 Chapter or to specified Subchapters thereof, and the sections in which they appear are:
"Acceptance"12A:2-606.
"Banker's credit"12A:2-325.
"Between merchants"12A:2-104.
"Cancellation"12A:2-106(4).
"Commercial unit"12A:2-105.
"Confirmed credit"12A:2-325.
"Conforming to contract"12A:2-106.
"Contract for sale"12A:2-106.
"Cover"12A:2-712.
"Entrusting"12A:2-403.
"Financing agency"12A:2-104.
"Future goods"12A:2-105.
"Goods"12A:2-105.
"Identification"12A:2-501.
"Installment contract"12A:2-612.
"Letter of Credit"12A:2-325.
"Lot"12A:2-105.
"Merchant"12A:2-104.
"Overseas"12A:2-323.
"Person in position of seller"12A:2-707.
"Present sale"12A:2-106.
"Sale"12A:2-106.
"Sale on approval"12A:2-326.
"Sale or return"12A:2-326.
"Termination"12A:2-106.
(3)The following definitions in other Chapters apply to this Chapter:
"Check"12A:3-104.
"Consignee"12A:7-102.
"Consignor"12A:7-102.
"Consumer goods"12A:9-102.
"Dishonor"12A:3-502.
"Draft"12A:3-104.
(4)In addition Chapter 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this Chapter.
L.1961, c.120, s.2-103; amended 1995, c.28, s.5; 2001, c.117, s.5.
