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title: "Factors (Scotland) Act 1890"
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# Factors (Scotland) Act 1890

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Factors (Scotland) Act 1890
1890 c.40
An Act to extend the provisions of the Factors Act, 1889, to Scotland.
[14th August 1890]

## 1 Application of 52 & 53 Vict. c. 45. to Scotland. {#section-1}

Subject to the following provisions, the Factors Act, 1889, shall apply to Scotland:—
(1) The expression “lien” shall mean and include right of retention; the expression “vendor’s lien” shall mean and include any right of retention competent to the original owner or vendor; and the expression “set off” shall mean and include compensation.
(2) In the application of section five of the recited Act, a sale, pledge, or other disposition of goods shall not be valid unless made for valuable consideration.

## 2 Short title. {#section-2}

This Act may be cited as the Factors (Scotland) Act, 1890.