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Why are service or maintenance contracts called 'warranties', when they aren't Legal Warranties?
The term 'warranty' is used to distinguish between a term (warranty) and a mere representation, and also to distinguish between terms that give no right to termination upon breach (warranties) an...
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Why are service or maintenance contracts called 'warranties', when they aren't Legal Warranties?
>[The term 'warranty' is used to distinguish between a term (warranty) and a mere representation, and also to distinguish between terms that give no right to termination upon breach (warranties) and terms that do (conditions). **Service contracts for electrical and similar items are not really good examples of the use of 'warranty' in the legal sense, although they are, of course, separate contractual agreements (for which one pays, often heavily), containing a number of terms providing for what will happen if a fault develops.**](https://learninglink.oup.com/access/content/taylor-directions7e-student-resources/taylor-directions7e-chapter-5-self-test-questions?previousFilter=tag_chapter-05) >Reference: Sections 5.1.2, 5.4.1 If the legal meaning of Warranty doesn't signify service or maintenance contracts, then why was Warranty used to describe relate to service or maintenance contracts? Why were service or maintenance contracts mis-named as Warranties?