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consumer credit : credit extended by merchants or banks to finance the purchase of consumer goods (as home appliances) or services (as travel or hotel accommodations) compare consumer debt at debt ...
Consumer hire agreement
Consumer hire agreement, the vehicle and credit hire agreements restrict the hiring to a period not exceeding 12 weeks, the liability to pay under the credit hire agreement subsists for more than three months so these are consumer hire agreements, Burdis v. Livsey (CA), (2003) LR 36 QB.Is an agreement for the bailment of goods to the hirer which: '(I).........(a) is not a hire-purchase agreement, and (b) is capable of subsisting for more than there months; and (c) does not require, the hirer to make payments exceeding ' 25,000', Burdis v. Livsey (CA), (2002) 3 WLR 762 [Consumer Credit (Increase of Monetary Limits) Order 1998, s. 15]...
credit
credit 1 : recognition see also full faith and credit 2 a : the balance in an account which may be drawn upon and repaid later compare loan b : the use of resources (as money) in the present obtained by the debtor's promise to repay the creditor in the future usually with interest as compensation to the creditor and often secured by a pledge of property or the right to attach the debtor's income in case of a failure to repay see also consumer credit compare debt c : financial reputation [to borrow money on the of the United States "U.S. Constitution art. I"] d : letter of credit 3 a : a deduction from an expense or asset account b : a reduction of an amount otherwise due ;esp : tax credit [a for child-care expenses] compare deduction, exclusion, exemption vt 1 : to supply goods on credit to 2 : to trust in the truth of 3 a : to enter upon the credit side of an account b : to place an amount to the credit of [ his account with ten dollars] ...
credit repair companies
credit repair companies Private, for-profit businesses that claim to offer consumers credit and debt repayment difficulties assistance with their credit problems and a bad credit report. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
Consumer
Consumer, 'consumer' would include 'any person who consumes electrical energy supplied by a person who generates electrical energy for his own consumption', Jiyajee Rao Cotton Mills Ltd. v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1963 SC 414: (1962) Supp 1 SCR 282.The definition of the word 'consumer' shows that it would include a person who consumes energy generated by himself. The proposition that in the matter of the levy of electricity tax the Court should differentiate between cases wherein the energy consumed has been generated by someone other than the consumer and those wherein such energy has been generated by the consumer himself cannot, therefore, be countenanced, State of Mysore v. West Coast Papers Mills Ltd., (1975) 3 SCC 448: AIR 1975 SC 5: (1975) 2 SCR 127.The word 'consumer' is a comprehensive expression. It extends from a person who buys any commodity to consume either as eatable or otherwise from a shop, business house, corporation, store, fair price shop to use of private or p...
uniform commercial code
uniform commercial code A uniform law, adopted by some states, designed to simplify and modernize the consumer credit and usury laws, to further consumer understanding of the terms of credit transactions and to protect consumers against unfair practices. Source: FindLaw ...
debt
debt [Old French dette, ultimately from Latin debita, plural of debitum debt, from neuter of debitus, past participle of debere to owe] 1 : something owed: as a : a specific sum of money or a performance due another esp. by agreement (as a loan agreement) [to pay the s…of the United States "U.S. Constitution art. I"] [a for alimony] b : an obligation to pay or perform on another's claim [discharged the ] compare asset, equity NOTE: It is often up to the courts to decide what is or is not a debt under various laws. Courts disagree whether criminal restitution is a debt under the Bankruptcy Code. The historical practice of imprisoning debtors for nonpayment is no longer used. antecedent debt : debt that is incurred prior to a property transfer paying or securing the debt compare preference bad debt : a debt that cannot be collected NOTE: An income tax deduction is allowed for bad debts. consumer debt : debt that is incurred by an individual primarily for the purchase of ...
credit bureau
credit bureau : a private business that compiles information on consumers' creditworthiness and provides this information to lenders ...
truth-in-lending act
truth-in-lending act A federal act assuring that every individual who has need for consumer credit is given full disclosure of the terms and cost of the credit. (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1601) Source: FindLaw ...
creditworthy
creditworthy : likely to be able to repay loans or consumer credit cred·it·wor·thi·ness n ...
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