Terms Used In New York Laws > General Business > Article 22-B - Water Treatment Units

• Catalogue sale: shall mean any sale by means of printed material received by the consumer, including advertisements in newspapers, magazines or similar publications which contains the terms of sale, retail price, and instructions for ordering from which a consumer can order such unit. See N.Y. General Business Law 350-G
• Contaminant: shall mean only those physical, chemical, microbiological, or radiological substances in water for which a federal maximum contaminant level exists pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act or a state maximum contaminant level exists pursuant to the public health law or a guideline exists which has been established by the commissioner of health. See N.Y. General Business Law 350-G
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Label: shall mean the written, printed or graphic matter (i) affixed or attached to or printed on the water treatment unit, or (ii) placed on or otherwise made a part of the containers or wrappers of such units. See N.Y. General Business Law 350-G
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Performance data sheet: shall mean a booklet, document, label or other printed material containing, at a minimum, the information required pursuant to section three hundred fifty-i of this article. See N.Y. General Business Law 350-G
• Person: shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, or any business entity. See N.Y. General Business Law 350-G
• Qualified laboratory: shall mean :
  
  a. See N.Y. General Business Law 350-G
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
• Water treatment unit: shall mean a product, device or system designed for personal, family or household use and for which a claim or claims are made that it will improve the quality of water by reducing one or more contaminants through mechanical, physical, chemical or biological processes or combinations thereof. See N.Y. General Business Law 350-G