{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-2-103","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 6A-2-103","heading":"Definitions and index of definitions.","body":"(a) In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) “Buyer” means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods.\n(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.\n(3) “Receipt” of goods means taking physical possession of them.\n(4) “Seller” means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods.\n(b) Other definitions applying to this chapter or to specified parts thereof, and the sections in which they appear are:\n“Acceptance”. § 6A-2-606.\n“Banker’s credit”. § 6A-2-325.\n“Between merchants”. § 6A-2-104.\n“Cancellation”. § 6A-2-106(4).\n“Commercial unit”. § 6A-2-105.\n“Confirmed credit”. § 6A-2-325.\n“Conforming to contract”. § 6A-2-106.\n“Contract for sale”. § 6A-2-106.\n“Cover”. § 6A-2-712.\n“Entrusting”. § 6A-2-403.\n“Financing agency”. § 6A-2-104.\n“Future goods”. § 6A-2-105.\n“Goods”. § 6A-2-105.\n“Identification”. § 6A-2-501.\n“Installment contract”. § 6A-2-612.\n“Letter of credit”. § 6A-2-325.\n“Lot”. § 6A-2-105.\n“Merchant”. § 6A-2-104.\n“Overseas”. § 6A-2-323.\n“Person in position of seller”. § 6A-2-707.\n“Present sale”. § 6A-2-106.\n“Sale”. § 6A-2-106.\n“Sale on approval”. § 6A-2-326.\n“Sale or return”. § 6A-2-326.\n“Termination”. § 6A-2-106.\n(c) “Control” as provided in § 6A-7-106 and the following definitions in other chapters apply to this chapter:\n“Check”. § 6A-3-104.\n“Consignee”. § 6A-7-102.\n“Consignor”. § 6A-7-102.\n“Consumer goods”. § 6A-9-102.\n“Dishonor”. § 6A-3-502.\n“Draft”. § 6A-3-104.\n(d) In addition chapter 1 of title 6A contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.","path":["Title 6A Uniform Commercial Code","Chapter 2 Sales","Part 1 Short Title, General Construction and Subject Matter"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE6A/6A-2/6A-1/6A-2-103.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:42:39Z","sha256":"95bb073b4480bd88bdab4393cc5d71c99fbdaa272f97eea981e6f2c922975a39","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-2-102","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-6a-2-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}