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Act No. 2137 Section 58

Definitions.

Section 58

SEC. 58. Definitions.— (a) In this Act, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires— "Action" includes counter claim, set-off, and suit in equity as provided by law in these Islands. "Delivery" means voluntary transfer of possession from one person to another. "Fungible goods" means goods of which any unit is, from its nature or by mercantile custom, treated as the equivalent of any other unit. "Goods" means chattels or merchandise in storage, or which has been or is about to be stored. "Holder" of a receipt means a person who has both actual possession of such receipt and a right of property therein. "Order" means an order by indorsement on the receipt. "Owner" does not include mortgagee or pledgee. "Person" includes a corporation or partnership or two or more persons having a joint or common interest. To "purchase" includes to take as mortgagee or as pledgee. "Purchaser" includes mortgagee and pledgee. "Receipt" means a warehouse receipt. "Value" is any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract. An antecedent or pre-existing obligation, whether for money or not, constitutes value where a receipt is taken either in satisfaction thereof or as security therefor. "Warehouseman" means a person lawfully engaged in the business of storing goods for profit. (b) A thing is done "in good faith" within the meaning of this Act. when it is in fact done honestly, whether it be done negligently or not.

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CitationAct No. 2137 Section 58 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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