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title: "7 U.S.C. § 504"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 504 - “Person” defined

## Text

The word “person” as used in this chapter shall be held to embrace also any partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity.

(Jan. 14, 1929, ch. 69, § 4, 45 Stat. 1080.)