Consumer Law Terms

Unfair Trade Practice

A trade practice adopting unfair or deceptive methods to promote the sale of goods or services.

In Simple Terms

Misleading advertising or deceptive sales tactics used to sell something.

Detailed Legal Meaning

Unfair trade practices include false representations about goods or services, misleading advertisements, and other deceptive methods for promoting sales, and give rise to remedies before consumer fora independent of any deficiency in the underlying service itself.

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