trade usage

trade usage
trade usage n: usage of trade

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

trade usage
n.
A practice or custom accepted by the practitioners of a particular trade that they have every reason to expect to be followed by other practitioners of that trade in a particular transaction; the accepted meaning of a particular word or phrase within a trade. See also course of dealing

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


trade usage

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


trade usage
Any system, custom, or practice of doing business used so commonly in a vocation, field, or place that an expectation arises that it will be observed in a particular transaction.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


trade usage
Any system, custom, or practice of doing business used so commonly in a vocation, field, or place that an expectation arises that it will be observed in a particular transaction.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • trade usage — The usage or customs commonly observed by persons conversant in, or connected with, a particular trade. A usage of trade is any practice or method of dealing having such regularity of observance in a place, vocation or trade as to justify an… …   Black's law dictionary

  • trade usage — A uniform course of conduct followed in a particular trade, calling, occupation or business. Any practice or method of dealing having such regularity of observance in a place, vocation, or trade as to justify an expectation that it will be… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • usage — us·age / yü sij, zij/ n: an habitual or uniform practice esp. in an area or trade compare custom Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. us …   Law dictionary

  • usage of trade — usage of trade: a practice or method of dealing that is regularly observed in a place, vocation, or trade and that one justifiably expects to be followed by another party to a commercial transaction compare course of dealing, course of… …   Law dictionary

  • usage — A reasonable and lawful public custom in a locality concerning particular transactions which is either known to the parties, or so well established, general, and uniform that they must be presumed to have acted with reference thereto. Practice in …   Black's law dictionary

  • usage of trade — See trade usage …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • usage — A uniform course of conduct in some particular business or calling, even though it is that of only one person. 21 Am J2d Cost & U § 1. Usage is habitual or customary practice. Orlich v Rubio Sav. Bank, 240 Iowa 1074, 38 NW2d 622, 10 ALR2d 340.… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • trade custom — See trade usage …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Trade secret — Trade Secrets redirects here. For other uses, see Trade Secrets (disambiguation). Intellectual property law Primary rights …   Wikipedia

  • Trade (gay slang) — Trade refers to the (usually) casual partner of a gay man or to the genre of such partners. Historically the motivations may at times include a desire for emotional fulfillment and admiration, but usually the term referred to a straight man who… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”