Component as constituent part: legal meaning extends to parts that integrate and may lose separate identity. The term component is defined as a constituent part which helps form a whole; a "component part" may become integral to goods by losing its "physical and ... Summary
Component as constituent part: legal meaning extends to parts that integrate and may lose separate identity.
The term component is defined as a constituent part which helps form a whole; a "component part" may become integral to goods by losing its "physical and economic distinctiveness" yet still qualify as a component so long as it enters into the composition of another article, whether it retains separate identity after assembly or becomes inseparable within a compound final product.
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