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Merchantable

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Merchantable, marketable. 'Where goods are bought by description from a seller who deals in goods of that description (whether he be the manufacturer or not), there is an implied condition that the goods shall be of merchantable quality; provided that if the buyer examined the goods, there shall be no implied condition as regards defects which such examination ought to have revealed', (English) Sale of Goods Act, s. 14 (2); and see also s. 15, and Sumner, Permain & Co. v. Webb & Co., CA (1922) 1 KB 55

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