{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-1-103","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:1-103","heading":"Construction of subtitle to promote its purposes and policies; applicability of supplemental principles of law.","body":"(a)\nThis subtitle must be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are:\n(1)\nTo simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing commercial transactions;\n(2)\nTo permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties; and\n(3)\nTo make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.\n\n(b)\nUnless displaced by the particular provisions of this subtitle, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, and other validating or invalidating cause, supplement its provisions.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 1. General Provisions.","Part I. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:1-103","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"9b5fa339cc905e279e34fa687c61f6ebccf9b55d1eb13d72d00023f8343f68e9","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-1-102","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-1-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}