§ 11-101. Definitions

   (a) In general. -- In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) Commodity in bulk. -- "Commodity in bulk" means the sale of a commodity when the quantity is determined at the time of sale.

(c) Commodity in package form. -- "Commodity in package form" means a commodity packaged before sale in any manner including barrels, bags, sacks, cartons, or any other container constituting a unit quantity of the commodity, for either wholesale or retail use. Any individual item or lot of any commodity on which there is marked a selling price based on an established price per unit of weight or measure shall be considered a commodity in package form.

(d) Cord. -- "Cord", when used in connection with wood intended for any purpose, means the amount of wood contained in a space of 128 cubic feet, when the wood is ranked and well stowed.

(e) Package. -- "Package" means commodity in package form.

(f) Primary standards. -- "Primary standards" means the physical standards of the State which serve as the legal reference from which all other standards and weights and measures are derived.

(g) Sale in bulk. -- "Sale in bulk" means the sale of a commodity when the quantity is determined at the time of sale.

(h) Secondary standards. -- "Secondary standards" means the physical standards traceable to the primary standard through acceptable laboratory comparisons and used in enforcing weights and measures laws and rules and regulations.

(i) Sell. -- "Sell" means barter and exchange.

(j) Shellfish. -- "Shellfish" means any edible, aquatic, invertebrate animal having a shell.

(k) Weight. -- "Weight" means net weight as used in this subtitle.

(l) Weight and measure. -- "Weight and measure" means any instrument or device used for weighing or measuring, and any appliance or accessory associated with any instrument or device used for weighing or measuring.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 97, § 3, 21, 22, 35; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 6, § 1; 1976, ch. 68; 1986, ch. 182, § 2; 2007, ch. 5, § 7.