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West's Annotated Code of MarylandCommercial LawEffective: June 1, 2012

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Commercial Law
Title 1. General Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 1. General Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Effective: June 1, 2012
MD Code, Commercial Law, § 1-103
§ 1-103. Construction of Maryland Uniform Commercial Code; applicability of supplemental principles of law
Currentness
(a) The Maryland Uniform Commercial Code shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
(b) The underlying purposes and policies of the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code 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.
(c) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code, 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, or other validating or invalidating cause shall supplement its provisions, except that:
(1) The age of majority as it pertains to the capacity to contract is 18 years of age; and
(2) No person who is at least 18 years old shall be considered to be without capacity by reason of age.

Credits

Added by Acts 2012, c. 673, § 2, eff. June 1, 2012.
MD Code, Commercial Law, § 1-103, MD COML § 1-103
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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