West Virginia Statutes
§ 46-1-103 — Construction of uniform commercial code to promote its purposes and policies; applicability of supplemental principles of law
(a)This chapter must be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are:
(1)To simplify, clarify and modernize the law governing commercial transactions;
(2)To permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom, usage and agreement of the parties; and
(3)To make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions.
(b)Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy and other validating or invalidating cause supplement its provisions.
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Legislative History
2006 Reg. Sess., SB742
Nearby Sections
15
§ 46-1-101
Short titles§ 46-1-102
Scope of article§ 46-1-104
Construction against implied repeal§ 46-1-105
Severability§ 46-1-106
Use of singular and plural; gender§ 46-1-107
Section captions§ 46-1-109
Repealed. Acts, 2006 Reg. Sess., Ch. 247§ 46-1-201
General definitions§ 46-1-202
Notice; knowledge§ 46-1-204
Value§ 46-1-205
Reasonable time; seasonableness§ 46-1-206
Presumptions