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Definition :

Sale or return. By s. 18, Rule 4, of the Sale of Goods Act, 1893, supra:-

When goods are delivered to the buyer on approval or 'on sale or return' or other similar terms [e.g., on trial: Elphick v. Barnes, (1880) 5 CPD 326] the property therein passes to the buyer:-

(a) When he signifies his approval or acceptance to the seller or does any other act adopting the trans-action:

As to the meaning of adopting the transaction, see London Jewellers Ltd. v. Atten-borough, (1934) 2 KB 206.

(b) If he does not signify his approval or acceptance to the seller but retains the goods without giving notice of rejection, then, if a time has been fixed for the return of the goods, on the expiration of such time, and, if no time has been fixed, on the expiration of a reasonable time. what is a reasonable time is a question of fact.