Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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implied warranty

See WARRANTY (2)

implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose

A warranty - implied by law if the seller has reason to know of the buyer's special purposes for the property - that the property is suitable for those purposes. -Sometimes shortened to warranty of fitness. "Those unfamiliar with the differences between the warranty of merchantability (fitness for the ordinary purposes for which such goods are used) and the warranty of fitness for a particular purpose often confuse the two; one can find many opinions in which the judges used the terms 'merchantability' and 'fitness for a particular purpose' interchangeably. Such confusion under the Code is inexcusable." 1 James J. White & Robert S. Summers, Uniform Commercial Code § 9-10, at 527 (4th ed. 1995).

implied warranty of habitability

In a residential lease, a warranty from the landlord to the tenant that the leased property is fit to live in and that it will remain so during the term of the lease. - Also termed covenant of habitability.

implied warranty of merchantability

See WARRANTY (2).