barter

Defined in 8 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)

United States Code

16 U.S.C. § 3113 — in this section (3 versions over time)

“barter” means the exchange of fish or wildlife or their parts, taken for subsistence uses—

(A) for other fish or game or their parts; or

(B) for other food or for nonedible items other than money if the exchange is of a limited and noncommercial nature.

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An exchange of goods.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A contract by which parties exchange goods for goods. It differs from a sale in that a barter is always of goods for goods; a sale is of goods for money, or for money and goods. In a sale there Is a fixed price; in a barter there is not. See Benj. Sales 1; Speigle v. Meredith, 4 Biss. 120, Fed. Cas. No. 13,- 227; Com. v. Davis, 12 Bush (Ky.) 241; Cooper v. State, 37 Ark. 418. If an insurance be made upon returns from a country where trade is carried on by barter, the valuation of the goods in return shall be made on the cost of those given in barter, adding all charges; We Ins. 42. See 3B.& Aid. 616; 3 Campb. 351; Cowp. 118; 1 Dougl. 24, n.; 4 B. & P. 151; Troplong, De I'E change.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A contract by which parties exchange goods or commodities for other goods. It differs from sale, in this: that in the latter transaction goods or property are always exchanged for money. Guerreiro v. Peile, 3 Barn. & Aid. 617; Cooper v. State, 37 Ark. 418; Meyer v. Rousseau, 47 Aria 460, 2 S. W. 112. This term is not applied to contracts con-corning land, but to such only as relate to goods and chattels. Barter is a contract by which the parties exchange goods. Speigle v. Meredith, 4 Biss. 123, Fed. Can. No. 13,227.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

The exchange of one commodity, or article of property, for another.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

! A contract by which goods are exchanged for goods. ^ The exchange of one commodity or article of property for another.^ The consideration, instead of being paid in money, as in the case of a sale, is paid in goods or merchandise susceptible of valuation.* An agent empowered to sell cannot barter; and the principal may recover from an innocent transferee.* See Exchange, 1; Sale.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

in contracts, is an exchange, between two or more persons of goods for goods. If an insurance be made upon returns from a country where trade is carried on by barter, the valuation of goods in return shall be made on the cost of those given in barter, adding all charges. Wesk. Ins. 42. See Price. Barter differs from sale in this, that in the latter, the exchange of goods is for money.