Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Goods Act 1958 - SECT 65

PART II CONSIGNEES, MERCANTILE AGENTS, DOCUMENTS OF TITLE TO GOODS, BILLS OF LADING

Definitions

65. Definitions

In this Part unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter-

advance includes a payment of money and the delivery of a bill of exchange or
other negotiable security;

document of title includes bill of lading dock warrant warehousekeeper's
certificate wharfinger's certificate and warrant or order for the delivery of
goods or any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof
of the possession or control of goods or authorizing or purporting to
authorize either by indorsement or by delivery the possessor of such document
to transfer or receive the goods thereby represented;

goods includes goods wares and merchandise;

mercantile agent means a mercantile agent having in the customary course of
his business as such agent authority either to sell goods or to consign goods
for the purpose of sale or to buy goods or to raise money on the security of
goods or of documents of title;

pledge includes any contract pledging or giving a lien or security on goods
whether in consideration of an original advance or of any further or
continuing advance. The provisions of this Part shall be construed in
amplification and not in derogation of the powers exercisable by an agent
independently of this Act.