§ 17301 Definitions
§ 17302 Compliance
§ 17303 Fund for the payment of Government losses in shipment
§ 17304 Claim for replacement
§ 17305 Replacing lost, destroyed, or damaged stamps, securities, obligations, or money
§ 17306 Agreements of indemnity
§ 17307 Purchase of insurance
§ 17308 Presumption of lawful conduct
§ 17309 Rules and regulations
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Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 40 > Subtitle VI > Chapter 173 - Government Losses in Shipment

  • 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.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • writing: includes printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding, or otherwise. See 1 USC 1