(1) In this article unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Buyer” means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods. (b) “Receipt” of goods means taking physical possession of them. (c) “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 42a-2-606.
“Banker's credit”. Section 42a-2-305.
“Between merchants”. Section 42a-2-104.
“Cancellation”. Section 42a-2-106(4).
“Commercial unit”. Section 42a-2-105.
“Confirmed credit”. Section 42a-2-325.
“Conforming to contract”. Section 42a-2-106.
“Contract for sale”. Section 42a-2-106.
“Cover”. Section 42a-2-712.
“Entrusting”. Section 42a-2-403.
“Financing agency”. Section 42a-2-104.
“Future goods”. Section 42a-2-105.
“Goods”. Section 42a-2-105.
“Identification”. Section 42a-2-501.
“Installment contract”. Section 42a-2-612.
“Letter of credit”. Section 42a-2-325.
“Lot”. Section 42a-2-105.
“Merchant”. Section 42a-2-104.
“Overseas”. Section 42a-2-323.
“Person in position of seller”. Section 42a-2-707.
“Present sale”. Section 42a-2-106.
“Sale”. Section 42a-2-106.
“Sale on approval”. Section 42a-2-326.
“Sale or return”. Section 42a-2-326.
“Termination”. Section 42a-2-106.
(3) “Control” as provided in section 42a-7-106 and the following definitions in other articles apply to this article:
“Check”. Section 42a-3-104.
“Consignee”. Section 42a-7-102.
“Consignor”. Section 42a-7-102.
“Consumer goods”. Section 42a-9-102.
“Dishonor”. Section 42a-3-502.
“Draft”. Section 42a-3-104.
(4) In addition article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this article.
(1959, P.A. 133, S. 2-103; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11, S. 13, 70; P.A. 01-132, S. 138; P.A. 04-64, S. 44; P.A. 05-109, S. 23.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11 amended Subsec. (3) to replace Sec. 42a-3-507 as the statutory reference for the definition of “Dishonor” with Sec. 42a-3-502; P.A. 01-132 amended Subsec. (3) to replace Sec. 42a-9-109 with Sec. 42a-9-102 as the statutory reference for the definition of “Consumer goods”; P.A. 04-64 amended Subsec. (3) by adding reference to “control” as provided in Sec. 42a-7-106 to conform to revisions made to article 7 by the same act; P.A. 05-109 amended Subsec. (1) by deleting definition of “good faith” and making technical changes to conform to revisions made to article 1 by the same act; (Revisor's note: In 2015, the amendment made in Subsec. (3) by P.A. 04-64, S. 44, that was omitted in error from the 2005 and subsequent revisions, was restored editorially by the Revisors for accuracy).
Cited. 172 C. 112; 187 C. 637; 216 C. 65.
Cited. 26 CS 222.