ABSTRACT
The basic notion is that a contract of sale of goods is a means of transferring property (meaning ownership) from one person to another. There are other means of doing this. Clearly, making someone a gift or leaving someone a bequest by will are alternatives. There are also other types of contract which may involve transferring ownership and/ or possession of goods. The reason that these other types of contract are not contracts of sale of goods is that one or more ingredients of the above definition is missing. These contracts are, therefore, not governed by the Sale of Goods Act 1979.
