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# 7 U.S.C. § 957 - Definitions

## Text

When used in this chapter—

(1) The term “person” includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, and associations;

(2) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.

(June 24, 1936, ch. 745, § 7, 49 Stat. 1899.)