Exam 3 Vocab Flashcards
Goods that conform to contract specifications
Conforming Goods
A seller’s or lessor’s act of placing conforming goods at the disposal of the buyer or lessee and providing whatever notification is reasonably necessary to enable the buyer or lessee to take delivery
Tender of Delivery
A contract that requires or authorizes delivery in two or more separate lots to be accepted and paid for separately
Installment Contract
All costs resulting from a breach of contract, including all reasonable expenses incurred because of the breach
Incidental Damages
A remedy that allows the buyer or lessee, on the seller’s or lessor’s breach, to obtain substitute goods from another seller or lessor
Cover
An action that can be used by a buyer or lessee to recover identified goods from a third party, such as a bailee, who is wrongfully withholding them
Replevin
An encumbrance on a property to satisfy a debt or protect a claim for payment of a debt; no money is owed
Lien
A promise that is included in a contract concerning the quality, condition, description, or performance of the goods being sold or leased
Express Warranty
A warranty that arises by law because of a sale rather than by the seller’s express promise
Implied Warranty
A warranty that goods being sold or leased are reasonably fit for the general purpose for which they are sold or leased, are properly packaged and labeled, and are of proper quality
Implied Warranty of Merchantability
A warranty that goods sold or leased are fit for the particular purpose for which the buyer or lessee will use the goods
Implied Warranty for Fitness for a Particular Purpose
The legal liability of manufacturers, sellers, and lessors or goods for injuries or damage caused by the goods to consumers, users, or bystanders
Product Liability
A product that is so defective that it is dangerous beyond the expectation of an ordinary consumer or a product for which a less dangerous alternative was feasible but the manufacturer failed to produce it
Unreasonably dangerous Product
A theory under which liability is shared among all firms that manufactured and distributed a particular product during a certain period of time. This form of liability sharing is used only when the true source of the harmful product in unidentifiable
Market-Share Liability
A signed writing that contains an unconditional promise or order to pay an exact sum on demand or at a specified future time to a specific person or order, or to bearer
Negotiable Instrument
Any instrument drawn on a drawee that orders the drawee to pay a certain amount of funds, usually to a third party on demand or at a definite future time
Draft
The party that initiates a draft, thereby ordering the drawee to pay
Drawer
The party that is ordered to pay a draft or check. With a check a bank or a financial institution is always this
Drawee
A person to whom an instrument is made payable
Payee
In negotiable instruments law, a drawee’s signed agreement to pay a draft when it is presented
Acceptance
A draft drawn by a drawer ordering the drawee bank or financial institution to pay a certain amount of funds to the payee on demand
Check
A written promise made by one person to pay a fixed amount of funds to another person on demand or on a specified date
Promissory Note
One who promises to pay a fixed amount of funds to the holder of a promissory note or a certificate of deposit
Maker
A note issued by a bank in which the bank acknowledges the receipt of funds from a party and promises to repay that amount, with interest, to the party on a certain date
Certificate of Deposit
A drawee that accepts, or promises to pay, an instrument wen it is presented later for payment
Acceptor
The act of presenting an instrument to the party liable on the instrument in order to collect payment. Also occurs when a person presents an instrument to a drawee for a required acceptance
Presentment
A clause that allows a payee or other holder of a time instrument to demand payment of the entire amount due, with interest, if a certain event occurs, such as a default in the payment of an installment when due
Acceleration Clause
Any person in possession of an instrument drawn, issued, or indorsed to him or her, to his or her order, to bearer, or in blank
Holder
A clause in a time instrument that allows the instrument’s date of maturity to be extended into the future
Extension Clause
A negotiable instrument that is payable to the order of an identified person or to an identified person or order
Order Instrument
Any instrument that is not payable to a specific person, including instruments payable to the bearer or to cash
Bearer Instrument
A person in possession of an instrument payable to bearer or indorsed in blank
Bearer