Sentence examples for merchantable from inspiring English sources

The contract will fix the price and other terms of the arrangement and will normally fix a date (the "law day") on which the seller is to appear with a deed to the property conveying "good and merchantable title" and the buyer is to appear with the purchase price.

During the period between the contract and the conveyance, the buyer typically obtains financing for the purchase while the seller obtains evidence, based on the public record or on his own muniments of title, that he has merchantable title to the property.

Likewise, when the buyer has made known to the seller the particular purpose for which the goods are required, the law implies a condition in the ensuing contract that the merchandise is of merchantable (average) quality and reasonably fit for the intended purpose.

The advantages of foxtailing that have been reported are greater height growth, better stem form (i.e., straight with minimum taper), and greater dry matter production of more merchantable material.

After he had worked as a logger, a rock driller, a blaster, and a prospector, Evans Wood Products, in Lillooet, put him in charge of surveying "merchantable" timber in the deep wilderness and laying out roads to make it accessible.

However, given the host of negative posts from other buyers, some of whom had accepted returns and had still further problems, he decided the item was not of merchantable quality and demanded his money back.

The English Sale of Goods Act says that, "Where the seller sells goods in the course of a business, there is an implied condition that the goods supplied under the contract are of merchantable quality".