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provisions, the buyer shall pay the seller a reasonable price. Where there is an agreement to sell goods on the terms that- the price is to be fixed by the valuation of a third party, and such third party cannot or does not make such valuation, the agreement is thereby avoided, provided the goods or any part thereof have been delivered to the buyer, and appropriated by the buyer, the buyer shall pay a reasonable price.
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Where under a contract of sale the property in the goods is transferred from the seller to the buyer, the contract is called a sale, but where the transfer of the property in the goods is to take place at a future time or subject to some condition thereafter to be fulfilled, the contract is called an
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According to the act, the goods which form the subject of a contract of sale may be either existing goods, owned or possessed by the seller, or future goods and there may be a contract for the sale of goods the acquisition of which by the seller depends upon a contingency which may or may not happen.
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As per Section 8 of Sale of Goods Act, where there is an agreement to sell specific goods, and subsequently the goods without any fault on the part of the seller or buyer perish or become so damaged as no longer to answer to their description in the agreement before the risk passes to the buyer, the
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refers to money considered for sale of goods. The price in a contract of sale may be fixed by the contract, or may be left to be fixed in manner thereby agreed, or may be determined by the course of dealing between the parties. Where the price is not determined in accordance with the foregoing
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Any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby
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A contract of sale of goods is a contract whereby the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a price. There may be a contract of sale between one part-owner and another.
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A contract of sale of goods is a contract whereby the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a price. There may be a contract of sale between one part-owner and another.
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An agreement to sell becomes a sale when the time elapses or the conditions are fulfilled subject to which the property in the goods is to be transferred.
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The goods, at the time when the contract was made, have perished or become so damaged as no longer to answer to their description in the contract, and
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Goods are said to be in a "delivered state" when they are in such state that the buyer would under the contract be bound to take delivery of them.
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Where by a contract of sale the seller purports to effect a present sale of future goods, the contract operates as an agreement to sell the goods.
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At the time of agreement if the goods is in existence, it is contract of sale otherwise in respect to future goods, it is agreement to sale.
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expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Indian Contract Act, 1872, have the meaning assigned to them in that act.
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per the Section 5 sub-clause (2) - Subject to the provisions of any law for the time being in force, a contract of sale may be made-
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Things attached to or forming part of land which is agreed to be severed before sale or under the contract of sale.
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In the event of a dispute, the party not in fault may maintain a suit for damages against the party in fault.
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An Act to provision for the setting up of contracts is transfer of ownership between buyers and sellers.
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In Such contract the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer,
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Goods are every kind of moveable property other than actionable claims and money, and include:
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cannot pay his debts as they become due, whether he has committed an act of insolvency or not.
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The definitions as per Section II (s.2 Of Sale of Goods Act 1930) of the Act are as follows:
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Section 4 of Sale of Goods Act define the term "Sale" and "agreement to sell" as follows:
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A Mercantile Agent has the customary course of business as agent authority:
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Neither seller nor buyer have the knowledge about such destroyed/damaged.
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who has ceased to pay his debts in the ordinary course of business, or
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means voluntary transfer of possession from one person to another.
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acquired, by the seller after making of the contract of sale
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that the delivery or payment or both shall be postponed.
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the immediate delivery of the goods and payment both, or
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to raise money on the security of goods. section-9(2)
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which came into existence on 1 July 1930, during the
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Sale may be made between one part-owner and another,
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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 706:A contract of sale may be absolute or conditional. 679:A contract of sale may be absolute or conditional. 795: 461:partly in writing and partly by word of mouth or 595:Warrant or order for the delivery of goods, and 464:may be implied from the conduct of the parties. 446:for the delivery or payment by installments, or 667: 383:, borrowing heavily from the United Kingdom's 529:to consign goods for the purposes of sale, or 53:Learn how and when to remove these messages 608:Goods are said to be damaged/perished if: 544:A person who buys or agrees to buy goods. 503: 631:A person is said to be "insolvent" when: 571: 230:Learn how and when to remove this message 212:Learn how and when to remove this message 150:Learn how and when to remove this message 814:Acts of the Imperial Legislative Council 752:Pandey, Nitya Nand (30 September 2018). 175:This article includes a list of general 485:Future goods are goods that are to be: 437:the immediate delivery of the goods, or 796: 751: 426:An offer to sell good for a price, and 395:, after being amended in 1963, and in 642: 563: 401:Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (Bangladesh) 352:Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (Bangladesh) 161: 88:adding citations to reliable sources 59: 18: 517: 13: 440:immediate payment of the price, or 181:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 840: 690:The following must be fulfilled: 34:This article has multiple issues. 700:Such transfer is made for price, 508: 294: 252: 166: 64: 23: 580:Warehouse keeper's certificate, 423:an offer to buy for a price, or 99:"Indian Sale of Goods Act 1930" 75:needs additional citations for 42:or discuss these issues on the 745: 720: 620:agreement is thereby avoided. 592:Multimodal transport document, 373:Indian Sale of Goods Act, 1930 1: 776:Bare Act of Sale of Goods Act 713: 429:the acceptance of such offer. 406: 623: 577:Bill of lading dock-warrant, 433:A Contract may provide for: 312:Imperial Legislative Council 262:Imperial Legislative Council 7: 668:Requirements and Agreements 555: 414: 247:The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 10: 845: 391:. 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Imperial Legislative Council
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India
Imperial Legislative Council
First Law Commission
Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (Bangladesh)
Sale of Goods Act 1893
mercantile law
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