{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-57a-2-103","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 57A-2-103","heading":"Definitions and index of definitions.","body":"(1) In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:\n(a) \"Buyer\" means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods.\n(b) (Reserved.)\n(c) \"Receipt\" of goods means taking physical possession of them.\n(d) \"Seller\" means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods.\n(2) Other definitions applying to this chapter or to specified parts thereof, and the sections in which they appear are:\n\"Acceptance.\" § 57A-2-606.\n\"Banker's credit.\" § 57A-2-325.\n\"Between merchants.\" § 57A-2-104.\n\"Cancellation.\" § 57A-2-106(4).\n\"Commercial unit.\" § 57A-2-105.\n\"Confirmed credit.\" § 57A-2-325.\n\"Conforming to contract.\" § 57A-2-106.\n\"Contract for sale.\" § 57A-2-106.\n\"Cover.\" § 57A-2-712.\n\"Entrusting.\" § 57A-2-403.\n\"Financing agency.\" § 57A-2-104.\n\"Future goods.\" § 57A-2-105.\n\"Goods.\" § 57A-2-105.\n\"Identification.\" § 57A-2-501.\n\"Installment contract.\" § 57A-2-612.\n\"Letter of credit.\" § 57A-2-325.\n\"Lot.\" § 57A-2-105.\n\"Merchant.\" § 57A-2-104.\n\"Overseas.\" § 57A-2-323.\n\"Person in position of seller.\" § 57A-2-707.\n\"Present sale.\" § 57A-2-106.\n\"Sale.\" § 57A-2-106.\n\"Sale on approval.\" § 57A-2-326.\n\"Sale or return.\" § 57A-2-326.\n\"Termination.\" § 57A-2-106.\n(3) The following definitions in other chapters apply to this chapter:\n\"Check.\" § 57A-3-104.\n\"Consignee.\" § 57A-7-102.\n\"Consignor.\" § 57A-7-102.\n\"Consumer goods.\" § 57A-9-102.\n\"Control.\" § 57A-7-106.\n\"Dishonor.\" § 57A-3-502.\n\"Draft.\" § 57A-3-104.\n(4) In addition chapter 57A-1 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.\nSource: SL 1966, ch 150, § 2-103; SDCL §§ 57-2-3 to 57-2-6; SL 2000, ch 231, § 3; SL 2008, ch 259, § 25; SL 2009, ch 254, § 806.","path":["TITLE 57A. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","CHAPTER 57A-2. SALES"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/57A-2-103","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"b6a58bad960d2f1de6c8d57a4deb27136feda9e5768861ca7485a5b4f481557e","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-57a-2-102","next":"us-sd/sdcl-57a-2-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}