Alaska Statutes.
Title 45. Trade and Commerce
Chapter 2. Sales
Section 103. Definitions and Index of Definitions.
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AS 45.02.103. Definitions and Index of Definitions.

(a) In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

(1) "buyer" means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods;

(2) "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;

(3) "receipt" of goods means taking physical possession of them;

(4) "seller" means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods.

(b) Other definitions applying to this chapter and the sections in which they appear are

(1) "acceptance" (AS 45.02.606 );

(2) "banker's credit" (AS 45.02.325 );

(3) "between merchants" (AS 45.02.104 );

(4) "cancellation" (AS 45.02.106 (d));

(5) "commercial unit" (AS 45.02.105 );

(6) "confirmed credit" (AS 45.02.325 );

(7) "conforming to contract" (AS 45.02.106 );

(8) "contract for sale" (AS 45.02.106 );

(9) "cover" (AS 45.02.712 );

(10) "entrusting" (AS 45.02.403 );

(11) "financing agency" (AS 45.02.104 );

(12) "future goods" (AS 45.02.105 );

(13) "goods" (AS 45.02.105 );

(14) "identification" (AS 45.02.501 );

(15) "installment contract" (AS 45.02.612 );

(16) "letter of credit" (AS 45.02.325 );

(17) "lot" (AS 45.02.105 );

(18) "merchant" (AS 45.02.104 );

(19) "overseas" (AS 45.02.323 );

(20) "person in position of seller" (AS 45.02.707 );

(21) "present sale" (AS 45.02.106 );

(22) "sale" (AS 45.02.106 );

(23) "sale or return" (AS 45.02.326 );

(24) "termination" (AS 45.02.106 ).

(c) The following definitions in other chapters apply to this chapter:

(1) "check" (AS 45.03.104 );

(2) "consignee" (AS 45.07.102 );

(3) "consignor" (AS 45.07.102 );

(4) "consumer goods" (AS 45.29.102 );

(5) "dishonor" (AS 45.03.502 );

(6) "draft" (AS 45.03.104 ).

(d) In addition, AS 45.01 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.

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