consumer protection laws

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• consumer protection laws — n. Federal and state laws regulating sales and credit practices, intended to protect consumers from deceptive advertising, poor quality, dishonest credit and debt practices, and other dangers facing retail consumers who cannot engage in arm’s… …   Law dictionary

• Consumer protection — laws designed to ensure fair trade competition and the free flow of truthful information in the marketplace. The laws are designed to prevent businesses that engage in fraud or specified unfair practices from gaining an advantage over competitors …   Wikipedia

• Consumer protection in the United Kingdom — is effected through a multiplicity of Acts of Parliament, statutory instruments, government agencies and departments and citizens lobby groups and aims to ensure the market economy produces fairness and quality in goods and services people buy.… …   Wikipedia

• consumer protection — laws are federal and state statutes governing sales and credit practices involving consumer goods. Such statutes prohibit and regulate deceptive or unconscionable advertising and sales practices, product quality, credit financing and reporting,… …   Law dictionary

• CONSUMER PROTECTION — is a new area of law; hence, the term does not appear in classical sources of Jewish law. The meaning of the concept is implied in the term itself: our generation is one of abundance, with great demands, numerous consumers, and extensive… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• consumer protection — ➔ protection * * * consumer protection UK US noun [U or C] ► LAW laws and rules intended to protect customers from dishonest practices by sellers: »Identity theft and consumer protection are major concerns »Oklahoma passed a law to strengthen… …   Financial and business terms

• Consumer Protection Act. (CPA) South Africa — The Consumer Protection Act, No. 68 of 2008 was signed on 24 April 2009. It aims to: • Promote a fair, accessible and sustainable marketplace for consumer products and services; • Establish national norms and standards to ensure consumer… …   Wikipedia

• Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 — The Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000, SI 2000/2334, incorporates[1] Directive 97/7/EC into law of the United Kingdom. They apply to contracts concluded between a supplier and a consumer under an organised distance sales or… …   Wikipedia

• Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 — Contract law Part o …   Wikipedia

• consumer protection — /kənˌsjumə prəˈtɛkʃən/ (say kuhn.syoohmuh pruh tekshuhn) noun the combined laws relating to the protection of purchasers of goods and services from excessively high prices, faulty design, injurious side effects, etc …  

• consumer protection —    Federal and state agencies and laws that are intended to protect consumers (i.e., the retail purchasers of goods and services) from inferior, hazardous or deceptively advertised products, and fraudulent sales and business practices. See bait… …   Business law dictionary