Section 11-101 - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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. 
 

[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.]