Uniform Commercial Code

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A basic set of commercial terms which apply under U.S. law to commercial contracts — unless you agree that they shouldn’t.

They tend to imply basic standards of fairness and reasonableness. One reason why US broker-dealers tend not to have terms of business — they’re set out in the UCC so you don’t need them. Also the historical, but as it turns out bogus, reason U.S. Attorneys like to SHOUT IN CAPITALS SO MUCH.

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