§511 Definitions

Summary

Gives simple meanings for important words used in the chapter. Person means individuals and also partnerships, associations, and corporations. Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States. Inspector means someone the Secretary hires or licenses to check and certify tobacco type, grade, condition, or other traits. Sampler means someone the Secretary hires or licenses to take, tag, and seal official tobacco samples. Weigher means someone the Secretary hires or licenses to weigh and certify tobacco weight. Tobacco means unmanufactured tobacco. Auction market means a place where producers bring tobacco to sell at auction through a warehouseman or commission merchant. Singular words can include the plural when needed. Commerce means trade that crosses or involves States, Territories, possessions, the District of Columbia, or places outside them, and it also covers tobacco transactions that are part of the usual flow of tobacco trade (including sales for shipment or manufacture that will lead to out-of-State movement); for this rule, “State” also covers Territories, the District of Columbia, U.S. possessions, and foreign nations.