44-12-104. Chapter definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1)  “Board” means the Tennessee state public livestock market board comprising the persons named in § 44-12-106;

     (2)  “Charter” means the charter for a public livestock market business authorized to be issued under this chapter;

     (3)  “Commissioner” means the commissioner of agriculture;

     (4)  “Livestock” means cattle, calves, horses, mules, swine, sheep and goats;

     (5)  “Livestock market owner” means any person engaged in the business of conducting or operating a public livestock market, whether personally or through agents or employees;

     (6)  “Person” includes any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation; and

     (7)  “Public livestock market” means any place, establishment or facility commonly known as a “livestock market,” “livestock auction market,” “sales ring,” “stockyard,” “livestock commission firm” or the like, operated for compensation or profit as a public market for livestock, consisting of pens, or other enclosures, and their appurtenances, in which livestock are received, held, sold, or kept for sale or shipment.

[Acts 1967, ch. 323, § 4; T.C.A., § 44-2404.]