North Carolina General Statutes 81A-51. Definitions
For purposes of this Article, the following words, terms and phrases are defined as follows:
(1) “Board” means North Carolina Board of Agriculture.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 81A-51
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Weight: when used in connection with any commodity is net weight; provided, however, where the label declares that the product is sold by drained weight, weight means net drained weight. See North Carolina General Statutes 81A-9
(2) “Commissioner” means the North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture or his designated agent.
(3) “Department” means the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(4) “Product” means any product, commodity or article.
(5) “Public weighmaster” means any person who shall weigh, measure or count, or who shall ascertain from a weighing, measuring or recording device for any other person and declare the weight to be the accurate weight of the product upon which the purchase, sale or exchange is based, and receive compensation for the act.
(6) “Weigh” means weigh, measure, count, read or record.
(7) “Weight” means weight, measure, count, reading or recording. (1939, c. 285, s. 1; 1945, c. 1067; 1971, c. 1085, s. 1; 1975, c. 544; 1981, c. 607, s. 4; 1997-261, s. 9.)