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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-goods-act-1893/section-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/56-57/71",
  "legislation_title": "Sale of Goods Act 1893",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-goods-act-1893",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Goods must be ascertained",
  "text": "Where there is a contract for the sale of unascertained goods no property in the goods is transferred to the buyer unless and until the goods are ascertained.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/56-57/71/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:30:10.043800+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}