Missouri Laws 442.566 – Definitions
As used in sections 442.560 to 442.591, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms mean:
(1) “Agricultural land”, any tract of land in this state consisting of more than five acres, whether inside or outside the corporate limits of any municipality, which is capable, without substantial modification to the character of the land, of supporting an agricultural enterprise, including but not limited to land used for the production of agricultural crops or fruit or other horticultural products, or for the raising or feeding of animals for the production of livestock or livestock products, poultry or poultry products, or milk or dairy products. Adjacent parcels of land under the same ownership shall be deemed to be a single tract;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 442.566
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Alien”, any person who is not a citizen of the United States and who is not a resident of the United States or of some state, territory, trusteeship, or protectorate of the United States;
(3) “Director”, the director of the Missouri department of agriculture;
(4) “Family members” includes all persons within the ninth degree of consanguinity, or the living or surviving spouse of any person within the ninth degree of consanguinity;
(5) “Foreign business”, any business entity whether or not incorporated, including but not limited to corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, and associations, in which a controlling interest is owned by aliens. In determining ownership of a foreign business, legal fictions such as corporate form or trust shall be disregarded;
(6) “Residence”, the place of general abode; the place of general abode of a person means his principal, actual dwelling place in fact, where he intends to remain permanently or for an indefinite period of time at least.