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If warranties legally don't signify service or maintenance contracts, which are misstated as Warranties, then how do the legal definition of "warranty" relate to service or maintenance contracts? Why did corporations start misnaming service or maintenance contracts Warranties?



Why are service or maintenance contracts called 'warranties', when they legally aren't warranties?