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Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-2-103

Definitions and index of definitions

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 47–47 (578 sections).

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Patton v. McHone (1991)

Most recently applied in Fox v. Amazon.com, Inc. (July 2019)

Acts 1963, ch. 81, § 1 (2-103); Acts 2000, ch. 846, § 4; 2008, ch. 814, § 3.

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(1) In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(2) “Buyer” means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods.

(3) “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.

(4) “Receipt” of goods means taking physical possession of them.

(5) “Seller” means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods. “Acceptance.” § 47-2-606. “Banker's credit.” § 47-2-325. “Between merchants.” § 47-2-104. “Cancellation.” § 47-2-106(4). “Commercial unit.” § 47-2-105. “Confirmed credit.” § 47-2-325. “Conforming to contract.” § 47-2-106. “Contract for sale.” § 47-2-106. “Cover.” § 47-2-712. “Entrusting.” § 47-2-403. “Financing agency.” § 47-2-104. “Future goods.” § 47-2-105. “Goods.” § 47-2-105. “Identification.” § 47-2-501. “Installment contract.” § 47-2-612. “Letter of credit.” § 47-2-325. “Lot.” § 47-2-105. “Merchant.” § 47-2-104. “Overseas.” § 47-2-323. “Person in position of seller.” § 47-2-707. “Present sale.” § 47-2-106. “Sale.” § 47-2-106. “Sale on approval.” § 47-2-326. “Sale or return.” § 47-2-326. “Termination.” § 47-2-106. “Check.” § 47-3-104. “Consignee.” § 47-7-102. “Consignor.” § 47-7-102. “Consumer goods.” § 47-9-102. “Dishonor.” § 47-3-502. “Draft.” § 47-3-104.

Other definitions applying to this chapter or to specified parts thereof, and the sections in which they appear are:

“Control” as provided in § 47-7-106 and the following definitions in other chapters apply to this chapter:

In addition chapter 1 of this title contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this chapter.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.