terms good firms

terms good firms
A commercial or mercantile expression. The acceptance of an offer to purchase a commodity on the condition "terms good firms" was held to mean that the commodity was to be weighed at its destination by responsible business men, and that the seller did not bind himself to accept weights made by unreliable people. Anno: 1 ALR 1509.

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