Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 38 > Part V > Chapter 77 > Subchapter II - Quality Assurance

• amenable species: means &mdash. See 21 USC 601
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• commerce: means commerce between any State, any Territory, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof. See 21 USC 601
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• firm: means any partnership, association, or other unincorporated business organization. See 21 USC 601
• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter (1) upon any article or any of its containers or wrappers, or (2) accompanying such article. See 21 USC 601
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
• official certificate: means any certificate prescribed by regulations of the Secretary for issuance by an inspector or other person performing official functions under this chapter. See 21 USC 601
• prepared: means slaughtered, canned, salted, rendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or processed. See 21 USC 601
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or his delegate. See 21 USC 601
• State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
• United States: means the States, the District of Columbia, and the Territories of the United States. See 21 USC 601
• vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3