seller
Defined in 6 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)
United States Code
15 U.S.C. § 7903 — in this chapter (2 versions over time)
The term “seller” means, with respect to a qualified product—
(A) an importer (as defined in section 921(a)(9) of title 18) who is engaged in the business as such an importer in interstate or foreign commerce and who is licensed to engage in business as such an importer under chapter 44 of title 18;
(B) a dealer (as defined in section 921(a)(11) of title 18) who is engaged in the business as such a dealer in interstate or foreign commerce and who is licensed to engage in business as such a dealer under chapter 44 of title 18; or
(C) a person engaged in the business of selling ammunition (as defined in section 921(a)(17)(A) of title 18) in interstate or foreign commerce at the wholesale or retail level.
15 U.S.C. § 45f — in this section
The term "seller" means a person who sells, offers to sell, or contracts to sell a consumer product through an online marketplace's platform.
21 U.S.C. § 1602 — as used in this chapter
The term “seller” means a person who, in the course of a business conducted for that purpose, sells, distributes, leases, packages, labels, or otherwise places an implant in the stream of commerce.
26 U.S.C. § 6045 — for purposes of this section
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “seller” includes the person relinquishing the residence in an exchange.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
One who disposes of a thing in consideration of money; a vendor. This term is more usually applied in the sale of chattels; that of "vendor" in the sale of estates. See "Sale."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One who disposes of a thing in consideration of money; a vendor. This term is more usually applied in the sale of chattels, and that of vendor in the sale of estates. See Sale. SELLETTE (Fr.). A kind of wooden seat set up in criminal courts in Ffance, on which they placed the accused to uiidergo his last interrogatory when the conclusions of the counsel for the prosecution went against him with regard to capital punishment or at least penal corporal punishment It implied moral degradation and was therefore limited to persons accused of crimes entailing corporal punishment See Ord. Or. de 1670, Tibre IV,
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
contracts. One who disposes of a thing in consideration of money; a vendor. This term is more usually applied. in the sale of chattels, that of vendor in the sale of estates. The duties of the seller are 1, to deal with fairness; 2, to deliver the thing sold at the time and place appointed, and to take care of it until delivery; but when every thing the seller has to do with the goods is complete, the property and the risk of accident to the goods, rests in the buyer, even before delivery or payment. Noy’s Max. ch. 24; 7 East, 571; 2 Bl. Com. 448; 3, to warrant the title of personal property when he sells it as his own, when it is in his possession. 2 Kent, Com. 374; 1 Ld. Raym. 593; 1 Salk. 210. Vide Purchaser, and the authorities there cited.