252.020. Definitions. - Missouri Statutes

Definitions.

252.020. As used in sections 252.010 to 252.240, unless thecontext otherwise requires:

(1) The word "commission" shall mean and include theconservation commission as established by the Constitution ofMissouri; and the words "rules and regulations" shall mean thosemade by said commission pursuant thereto;

(2) The word "person" shall mean any individual, male orfemale, singular or plural, of whatever age, and this term shallinclude and refer to any owner, grantee, lessee, licensee,permittee, firm, association, copartnership, corporation,municipality or county, as the context may require;

(3) The word "wildlife" shall mean and include all wildbirds, mammals, fish and other aquatic and amphibious forms, andall other wild animals, regardless of classification, whetherresident, migratory or imported, protected or unprotected, deador alive; and shall extend to and include any and every part ofany individual species of wildlife.

(L. 1945 p. 664 § 3)