Uniform Commercial Code. A uniform law that governs commercial transactions, including sales of goods, secured transactions, and negotiable instruments. • The Code has been adopted in some form by every state. — Abbr. UCC. [Cases: Bills and Notes 2; Sales 3.1; Secured Transactions 3. C.J.S. Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit§ 4; Sales §§ 3–4; […]
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Uniform Commercial Code/UCC/U.C.C. 〈美〉《统一商法典》 由美国法律学会〔American Law Institute〕和统一州法委员会全国会议〔National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws〕联合起草的一部统一法。美国各州均以某种形式而采纳该法。它涉及商业交易的各个方面，包括：货物买卖；商业票据；银行存款和收款；信用证；大宗转让；仓单、提单和其他所有权凭证；投资证券；担保交易等。
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Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. A model law that regulates software licensing and computer-information transactions. • The Act draws on contract law and the Uniform Commercial Code to create a regulatory scheme for licensing, rather than sales or lease, transactions. Among other things, UCITA applies to contracts for the licensing or purchase of software, contracts
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National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. An organization that drafts and proposes statutes for adoption by individual states, with the goal of making the laws on various subjects uniform among the states. • Founded in 1892 and composed of representatives from all 50 states, the Conference has drafted more than 200 uniform laws,
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commercial code (1) 〈美〉商法典 国家统一州法委员会〔National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws〕和美国法律学会〔American Law Institute〕共同制定的贸易规则的汇编。 (→Uniform Commercial Code) (2) (大陆法)商法典 在实行「民商分立」的国家，指在民法典外另行制定的有关商人或商事行为的法典。
commercial law. 1. The substantive law dealing with the sale and distribution of goods, the financing of credit transactions on the security of the goods sold, and negotiable instruments. • Most American commercial law is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code. — Also termed mercantile law. “Although the term commercial law is not a term
code. 1. A complete system of positive law, carefully arranged and officially promulgated; a systematic collection or revision of laws, rules, or regulations (the Uniform Commercial Code). • Strictly, a code is a compilation not just of existing statutes, but also of much of the unwritten law on a subject, which is newly enacted as
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws 〈美〉统一州法律委员全国会议 旨在促进各州法律统一的组织，它起草各种法律供各州采纳。该组织成立于1892年，由来自50个州的代表组成。目前它已起草了200多个统一性法律，包括《统一商法典》〔Uniform Commercial Code〕在内。 (→uniform act; model act)
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banking day. 1. Banking hours on a day when a bank is open to the public for carrying on substantially all its banking functions. • Typically, if the bookkeeping and loan departments are closed by a certain hour, the remainder of that day is not part of that bank’s banking day. 2. A day on
cost, insurance, and freight. A mercantile-contract term allocating the rights and duties of the buyer and the seller of goods with respect to delivery, payment, and risk of loss, whereby the seller must (1) clear the goods for export, (2) arrange for transportation by water, (3) procure insurance against the buyer’s risk of damage during
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