44-7-201 - Part definitions.
44-7-201. Part definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Brand means any recorded identification mark applied to any position on the hide of a live animal by means of heat, acid or chemical, except tattoo marks in the ear or numbers used to keep production records or record of age;
(2) Commissioner means the commissioner of agriculture;
(3) Department means the department of agriculture;
(4) Livestock hide dealer means any dealer or person who buys hides;
(5) Livestock market means a place where a person assembles livestock for public sale if the person is required to procure a license or permit from the department to operate such market; and
(6) Person means any individual, partnership, corporation or association.
[Acts 1959, ch. 311, § 1; T.C.A., § 44-1210.]