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con·sum·er n: one that utilizes economic goods; specif: an individual who purchases goods for personal use as distinguished from commercial use
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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buyer, buyer of labor, client, clientele, coemptor, customer, emptor, leaser, lessee, obtainer, patron, procurer, purchaser, purchaser of goods, shopper, transferee, vendee
associated concepts: consumer action, consumer credit, consumer fraud, consumers sales tax, ultimate consumer
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client, customer, patron (regular customer)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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A consumer is one who deals other than in the course of business and the contract involves goods of a type ordinarily supplied privately.
Easyform Glossary of Law Terms. — UK law terms.
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n.A person who buys goods and services and consumes or uses them.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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normally (but not always) a customer who buys for personal use and not business purposes and who is accordingly treated differently in the law.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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This term has different meanings under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA) and the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (as amended) (SGA) on the one hand, and under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (Unfair Terms Regulations) on the other:• Under UCTA and the SGA, it is defined in the context of dealing as a consumer (section 12, UCTA) and in the context of a consumer sale (Schedule 1, SGA). It comprises three elements:- not making a contract in the course of a business;- other party making a contract in the course of a business;- goods being supplied of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption.• Under the Unfair Terms Regulations, a consumer is a natural person (so a company cannot be a consumer) who, in entering into a contract to which the regulations apply, is acting for purposes which are outside his business (so if goods are supplied only for the business purposes of the buyer, the buyer will not be a consumer).Related linksThis term has a different meaning depending on the context in which it is used:• Under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA) and the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (SGA), it is defined in the context of dealing as a consumer (section 12, UCTA) and in the context of a consumer sale (Schedule 1, SGA). It comprises three elements:• not making a contract in the course of a business;• other party making a contract in the course of a business;• goods being supplied of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption.• Under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999, a consumer is a natural person (so a company cannot be a consumer) who, in entering into a contract to which the regulations apply, is acting for purposes which are outside his business (so if goods are supplied only for the business purposes of the buyer, the buyer will not be a consumer).• In the context of financial services, the glossary to the FSA Handbook sets out the full definition of this term. When considering this term in the context of financial services, reference should be made to the FSA Handbook glossary definition of consumer
Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010.
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n. One who purchases or leases goods or services for his or her own personal, family, household, or other nonbusiness use.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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An individual who purchases and uses products and services in contradistinction to manufacturers who produce the goods or services and wholesalers or retailers who distribute and sell them. A member of the general category of persons who are protected by state and federal laws regulating price policies, financing practices, quality of goods and services, credit reporting, debt collection, and other trade practices of U.S. commerce. A purchaser of a product or service who has a legal right to enforce any implied or express warranties pertaining to the item against the manufacturer who has introduced the goods or services into the marketplace or the seller who has made them a term of the sale.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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An individual who purchases and uses products and services in contradistinction to manufacturers who produce the goods or services and wholesalers or retailers who distribute and sell them. A member of the general category of persons who are protected by state and federal laws regulating price policies, financing practices, quality of goods and services, credit reporting, debt collection, and other trade practices of U.S. commerce. A purchaser of a product or service who has a legal right to enforce any implied or express warranties pertaining to the item against the manufacturer who has introduced the goods or services into the marketplace or the seller who has made them a term of the sale.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
