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Definition :

Seller, in a contract for sale of goods, the word 'seller' must obviously refer to the party selling under the contract unless there is anything in the context suggesting otherwise. There is nothing in the clause requiring one to read the word 'sellers' to mean the original sellers and not the sellers under the contract, Juggilal Kamlapat v. Pratapmal Rameshwar, AIR 1978 SC 389 (396): (1978) 1 SCC 69: (1978) 2 SCR 219.

Means a person who sells or agrees to sell goods. [Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (3 of 1930), s. 2(13)]

1. A seller who sells or contracts to sell goods; a vendor 2. Generally a person who sells anything; the transferor of properly in a contract of sale, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1365.