75-27-303 - Definitions. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 75-27-303. Definitions.
 

For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 
 

(1) "Bonded weighmaster" shall mean any person engaged in the business of public weighing who shall weigh or measure any property, commodity, produce or article and issue therefor a weight certificate which shall be accepted as the true and accurate weight or measure upon which the property, commodity, produce or article is offered for sale or sold and shall be licensed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi for such office. 

(2) "Public weighing" shall mean the performance of the service of weighing or measuring and the issuing of an official certificate of weight or measure for such service for any person, upon request or otherwise, with or without compensation, of property, commodity, produce or article other than such property, commodity, produce or article being bought or sold by a bonded weigher or his or her employer. 

(3) "Person" shall mean any individual, company, cooperative, partnership, corporation, firm or association. 

(4) "Weighing or measuring device" shall mean any lawful device used for the weighing or measuring of any property, commodity, produce or article. 

(5) "Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1982, ch. 430, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1982.