Missouri Laws 196.1020 – Definitions
As used in sections 196.1020 to 196.1035, the following terms mean:
(1) “Brand family”, all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trademark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including but not limited to “menthol”, “lights”, “kings”, and “100s”, and includes any brand name alone or in conjunction with any other word trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previously known brand of cigarettes;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 196.1020
- Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
- 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
- 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.
(2) “Cigarette”, the same meaning as such term is defined in section 196.1000;
(3) “Director”, the director of the Missouri department of revenue;
(4) “Master settlement agreement”, the same meaning as such term is defined in section 196.1000;
(5) “Nonparticipating manufacturer”, any tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer;
(6) “Participating manufacturer”, the same meaning as such term is defined in section II(jj) of the master settlement agreement and all amendments thereto;
(7) “Qualified escrow fund”, the same meaning as such term is defined in section 196.1000;
(8) “Stamping agent”, a person who is authorized to affix tax stamps to packages or other containers or cigarettes under chapter 149 or any person who is required to pay the tax imposed under section 149.160 on other tobacco products;
(9) “Tobacco product manufacturer”, the same meaning as such term is defined in section 196.1000;
(10) “Units sold”, the same meaning as such term is defined in section 196.1000.