Legal Definition and Related Resources of Consumer
Meaning of Consumer
Synonyms of Consumer
noun
- buyer
- buyer of labor
- client
- clientele
- coemptor
- customer
- emptor
- leaser
- lessee
- obtainer
- patron
- procurer
- purchaser
- purchaser of goods
- shopper
- transferee
- vendee
- Associated Concepts: consumer action
- consumer credit
- consumer fraud
- consumers sales tax
- ultimate consumer
Related Entries of Consumer in the Encyclopedia of Law Project
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Consumer in Historical Law
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Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms
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| Resource | Description |
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| Consumer in the Dictionary | Consumer in our legal dictionaries | Browse the Legal Thesaurus | Find synonyms and related words of Consumer |
| Legal Maxims | Maxims are established principles that jurists use as interpretive tools, invoked more frequently in international law |
| Legal Answers (Q&A) | A community-driven knowledge creation process, of enduring value to a broad audience |
| Related topics | Consumer in the World Encyclopedia of Law |
Vocabularies (Semantic Web Information)
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| Topic Map | A group of names, occurrences and associations |
| Topic Tree | A topic display format, showing the hierarchy |
| Sitemap Index | Sitemap Index, including Taxonomies |
| https://legaldictionary.lawin.org/consumer/ | The URI of Consumer (more about URIs) |
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Legislation Resources
See Also
Consumer Fraud; Product Liability.
Accidents ; Automobile Safety ; Bankruptcy Laws ; Consumers Leagues ; Federal Trade Commission ; Food and Drug Administration ; Licenses to Trade ; Meat Inspection Laws ; Nader’s Raiders ; Product Tampering ; Pure Food and Drug Movement ; Toxic Shock Syndrome ; Unsafe at Any Speed.
Consumerism
Consumer Bill of Rights
Further Reading
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). Consumer Behavior, Experiences and Attitudes. Washington, D.C.: AARP, 1999.
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). Consumer Home Equity/Home Improvement Lending Survey. Washington, D.C.: AARP, 2000.
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). Findings from a Baseline Omnibus Survey on Telemarketing Solicitations. Washington, D.C.: AARP, 1996.
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics. Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well-Being, 2000.
Loonin, D. “Consumer Law and the Elderly: Using State Unfair and Deceptive Practices Statutes to Protect and Preserve the Financial Independence of Seniors.” Bifocal 20, no. 3 (fall 1999): 1-10.
Wasik, J. “The Fleecing of America’s Elderly.” Consumers Digest 39, March Report (2000): 77.
Yntema, S., ed. Americans 55 and Older: A Changing Market. 2d ed. Ithaca, N.Y.: New Strategist Publications, Inc., 1999.
More Further Reading
Goodwin, Lorine Swainston. The Pure Food, Drink, and Drug Crusaders, 1879-1914. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1999.
Holsworth, Robert D. Public Interest Liberalism and the Crisis of Affluence: Reflections on Nader, Environmentalism, and the Politics of a Sustainable Society. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1980.
McCraw, Thomas K. Prophets of Regulation. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1984.
Mayer, Robert N. The Consumer Movement: Guardians of the Marketplace. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1989.
Nader, Ralph. Crashing the Party: Taking on the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press, 2001.
Novak, William J. The People’s Welfare: Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996.
Silber, Norman Isaac. Test and Protest: The Influence of Consumers Union. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1983.
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Consumer in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of consumer.
Resources
See Also
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Policeman
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- consumer in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- consumer in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
English Legal System: Consumer
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Consumer :
A private individual acting otherwise than in a course of a business. Consumers are often given greater legal protection when entering into contracts, for example by having a right to avoid certain unfair terms or to cancel the contract (See consumer protection; distance selling). Many regulations define “consumer” in a particular manner.
Definition of Consumer
In relation to social issues, a meaning of consumer is provided here: a customer who buys the products or services a business produces.
Hierarchical Display of Consumer
Trade > Consumption
International Organisations > European organisations > European organisation > BEUC
Meaning of Consumer
Overview and more information about Consumer
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Translation of Consumer
- Spanish: Consumidor
- French: Consommateur
- German: Verbraucher
- Italian: Consumatore
- Portuguese: Consumidor
- Polish: Konsument
Thesaurus of Consumer
Trade > Consumption > Consumer
International Organisations > European organisations > European organisation > BEUC > Consumer
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