§ 616. Definitions. Whenever used in this article, unless the context
clearly requires otherwise, the following words or terms shall have the
following meanings:

1. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association
or other legal entity.

2. "Motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle as defined in section one
hundred twenty-five of the vehicle and traffic law which is used
primarily for personal, family or household purposes.

3. "Consumer" means the person who purchased the part for purposes
other than resale or any person to whom the motor vehicle on which the
part is installed is transferred during the term of the warranty
provided by section six hundred seventeen of this article and any other
person, other than a seller, entitled by the terms of such warranty to
enforce the obligations of the warranty.

4. "Part" means any equipment or apparatus intended for use in a motor
vehicle, including but not limited to a new part; a part which has been
removed from another motor vehicle and modified, rebuilt,
remanufactured, improved, or reconditioned; and a used part, except a
used part which is removed from a motor vehicle and sold to a consumer
without any attempt to improve the condition of the part and which is
clearly marked as being in "as-is" condition. Notwithstanding the
above, the term "part" shall not include any equipment or apparatus used
in repairing a motor vehicle or any component of such motor vehicle if
the repair is regulated by article twelve-A of the vehicle and traffic
law.

5. "Seller" means any person who sells parts either to a consumer or
to a purchaser for the purpose of resale to a consumer.

6. "Initial seller" means the seller who manufactured, modified,
rebuilt, remanufactured, improved, reconditioned or recycled the part or
who first sold the part.

7. "Intermediate seller" means any seller other than the initial
seller.