Section 62 Sale of Goods Act 1893

Section 62 of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 is about Interpretation of terms. It provides as follows:

(1) In this Act, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires,—

“Action ” includes counterclaim and set off, and in Scotland condescendence and claim and compensation:

“Bailee ” in Scotland includes custodier:

“Buyer” means a person who buys or agrees to buy goods:

“Contract of sale ” includes an agreement to sell as well as a sale:

“Defendant ” includes in Scotland defender, respondent, and claimant in a multiplepoinding:

“Delivery ” means voluntary transfer of possession from one person to another:
of title to goods ” has the same meaning as it has in the Factors Acts:

“Factors Acts ” mean the Factors Act, 1889, the Factors (Scotland) Act, 1890, and any enactment amending or substituted for the same:

“Fault” means wrongful act or default:

“Future goods ” means goods to be manufactured or acquired by the seller after the making of the contract of sale:

“Goods “include all chattels personal other than things in action and money, and in Scotland all corporeal moveables except money. The term include emblements, industrial growing crops, and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before sale or under the contract of sale:

“Lien” in Scotland includes right of retention:

“Plaintiff ” includes pursuer, complainer, claimant in a multiplepoinding and defendant or defender counterclaiming:

“Property ” means the general property in goods, and not merely a special property: