{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-8.2-103","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 8.2-103","heading":"Definitions and index of definitions","body":"(1) In this title unless the context otherwise requires:(a) \"Buyer\" means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods.(b) \"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.(c) \"Receipt\" of goods means taking physical possession of them.(d) \"Seller\" means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods.(2) Other definitions applying to this title or to specified parts thereof, and the sections in which they appear are:\"Acceptance.\"§ 8.2-606.\"Banker's credit.\"§ 8.2-325.\"Between merchants.\"§ 8.2-104.\"Cancellation.\"§ 8.2-106 (4).\"Commercial unit.\"§ 8.2-105.\"Confirmed credit.\"§ 8.2-325.\"Conforming to contract.\"§ 8.2-106.\"Contract for sale.\"§ 8.2-106.\"Cover.\"§ 8.2-712.\"Entrusting.\"§ 8.2-403.\"Financing agency.\"§ 8.2-104.\"Future goods.\"§ 8.2-105.\"Goods.\"§ 8.2-105.\"Identification.\"§ 8.2-501.\"Installment contract.\"§ 8.2-612.\"Letter of credit.\"§ 8.2-325.\"Lot.\"§ 8.2-105.\"Merchant.\"§ 8.2-104.\"Overseas.\"§ 8.2-323.\"Person in position of seller.\"§ 8.2-707.\"Present sale.\"§ 8.2-106.\"Sale.\"§ 8.2-106.\"Sale on approval.\"§ 8.2-326.\"Sale or return.\"§ 8.2-326.\"Termination.\"§ 8.2-106.(3) The following definitions in other titles apply to this title:\"Check.\"§ 8.3A-104.\"Consignee.\"§ 8.7-102.\"Consignor.\"§ 8.7-102.\"Consumer goods.\"§ 8.9A-102.\"Control.\"§ 8.7-106.\"Dishonor.\"§ 8.3A-502.\"Draft.\"§ 8.3A-104.(4) In addition Title 8.1A contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this title.1964, c. 219; 2000, c. 1007; 2003, c. 353; 2004, c. 200.","path":["Title 8.2. COMMERCIAL CODE - SALES","Part 1. SHORT TITLE, GENERAL CONSTRUCTION AND SUBJECT MATTER"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/8.2-103/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:49Z","sha256":"b2d229c2fd6e628ebb0f4b06484528a2aa54721396b5a59b988e0364efb3f11f","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-8.2-102","next":"us-va/va.-code-8.2-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}