For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed by this section:

(1) LUBRICATING OIL. Any devices or substitutes therefor, commonly used in lubricating or oiling engines, bearings, journals, axles, hubs, and other parts of machinery; provided, that nothing contained in this article shall be held to apply to those products known commercially as “kerosene oil,” “fuel oil,” or “crude oil.”

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-17-170

  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(2) PERSON. Persons, corporations, copartnerships, companies, agencies, or associations, singular or plural.
(3) DISTRIBUTOR. Any person or manufacturer who engages in the selling of lubricating oil in this state by wholesale domestic trade, but shall not apply to any transaction by such distributor in interstate commerce.
(4) RETAIL DEALER. Any person herein defined as distributor who is also engaged in the selling of lubricating oils in this state at any place in this state in broken quantities.
(5) STORER. Any person who ships, causes to be shipped or brings into this state, or manufactures in this state, lubricating oils, as herein defined, in any quantity, stores the same in any container and withdraws same from storage for any purpose.