7 USC 242: Definitions
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7 USC 242: Definitions Text contains those laws in effect on January 23, 2000
From Title 7-AGRICULTURECHAPTER 10-WAREHOUSES

§242. Definitions

The term "warehouse" as used in this chapter shall be deemed to mean every building, structure, or other protected inclosure in which any agricultural product is or may be stored for interstate or foreign commerce, or, if located within any place under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, in which any agricultural product is or may be stored. As used in this chapter, "person" includes a corporation or partnership or two or more persons having a joint or common interest; "warehouseman" means a person lawfully engaged in the business of storing agricultural products; and "receipt" means a warehouse receipt.

(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. C, §2, 39 Stat. 486 ; Feb. 23, 1923, ch. 106, 42 Stat. 1282 .)

Amendments

1923-Act Feb. 23, 1923, struck out second sentence defining "agricultural product".