Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 2a-205

  • Goods: means all things that are movable at the time of identification to the lease contract, or are fixtures (§ 2A—309), but the term does not include money, documents, instruments, accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles, or minerals or the like, including oil and gas, before extraction. See
  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See

§ 2A—205. Firm offers

An offer by a merchant to lease goods to or from another person in a signed writing that by its terms gives assurance it will be held open is not revocable, for lack of consideration, during the time stated or, if no time is stated, for a reasonable time, but in no event may the period of irrevocability exceed three months. Any such term of assurance on a form supplied by the offeree must be separately signed by the offeror. (Added 1993, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.)