                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS GENERALLY (§ 3.2-5600)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Commodity in package form&#8221; means any commodity packaged in any
manner in advance of sale in units suitable for either wholesale or retail sale,
exclusive of an auxiliary shipping container enclosing packages that
individually conform to the requirements of this chapter. An individual item or
lot of any commodity not in package form as defined in this section, but on
which there is marked a selling price based on an established price per unit of
weight or of measure, shall be construed to be commodity in package form.
		&#8220;Cord&#8221; means the amount of wood that is contained in a space of
128 cubic feet when the wood is ranked and well stowed.
		&#8220;Dockage&#8221; means the weight of impurities deducted by agreement
between the seller and the buyer.
		&#8220;Fractional parts of units of weight or measure&#8221; means like
fractional parts of the value of such unit as prescribed or defined in this
chapter, and all contracts concerning the sale of commodities and services shall
be construed in accordance with this definition.
		&#8220;Gross weight&#8221; means the total weight of the commodity, including
any wrapper, and any other material or thing weighed or packed with such
commodity, and including the vehicle or vessel containing the commodity.
		&#8220;Inspector&#8221; means a state inspector who is employed and authorized
to test, certify, and seal weights and measures.
		&#8220;Livestock auction market&#8221; means any place of business or
establishment where, during the regular course of business, cattle, sheep,
swine, or other livestock are offered or exposed for sale, or sold, by weight,
or by head, at auction, for compensation or profit.
		&#8220;Net weight&#8221; means the net weight of a commodity, that is, the
weight of the commodity exclusive of any wrapper, and any other material or
thing weighed or packed with such commodity, and excluding the vehicle or vessel
containing the commodity. Net weight is the difference between the gross weight
and the tare weight.
		&#8220;Point-of-sale system&#8221; means an electronic cash register capable
of recovering stored information related to the sale price of individual retail
items.
		&#8220;Sealer&#8221; means an inspector of weights and measures of a city, a
county, or a joint city-county jurisdiction.
		&#8220;Sell&#8221; or &#8220;sale&#8221; includes barter and exchange.
		&#8220;Tare weight&#8221; means the weight of any wrapper, and any other
vehicle, vessel, material or thing that is weighed with, but not an actual part
of, a commodity sold by weight; thus, tare weight may include, in the case of a
packaged commodity, a wrapper, container, packaging material, binding material,
preservative, or the like, or in the case of bulk commodity, a vehicle, box,
can, jar, or the like.
		&#8220;Ton&#8221; means a unit of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois weight.
		&#8220;Weighmaster&#8221; means the person responsible for weighing livestock
that will be offered for sale, based on his weight determination.
		&#8220;Weight&#8221; means the net weight when used in connection with this
chapter. Whenever any commodity is sold on the basis of weight, the net weight
of the commodity shall be employed, and all contracts concerning commodities
shall be so construed.
		&#8220;Weights and measures&#8221; means all weights and measures of every
kind, including instruments and devices for weighing and measuring, and any
appliances and accessories associated with any or all such instruments and
devices.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 3-708.1, 59-71; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-919;
1991, c. 605; 1993, c. 604; 2008, c. 860.