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Defined in 6 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

United States Code

11 U.S.C. § 547 — in this section

“inventory” means personal property leased or furnished, held for sale or lease, or to be furnished under a contract for service, raw materials, work in process, or materials used or consumed in a business, including farm products such as crops or livestock, held for sale or lease;

20 U.S.C. § 80Q — in this section

For purposes of this subsection, the term “inventory” means a simple, itemized list that, to the extent practicable, identifies, based upon available information held by the Smithsonian Institution, the geographic and cultural affiliation of the remains and objects referred to in paragraph (1).

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A list, schedule, catalogue, rights and credits, and, in some cases, the lands and tenements, of a person or persons, without attempt to describe the same in detail. 217 111. 169. But enumerating them with reasonable particularity according to the well understood usage of business men. 20 Q. B. D. 114; 58 L. T. 34. A conservatory act, which is made to ascertain the situation'of an intestate's estate, the estate of an insolvent, and the like, for the purpose of securing it to those entitled to it.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An itemized list of articles with the value of each. See 111 Ga. 622, 78 Am. St. Rep. 216, 52 L. R. A. 70, 36 S. E. 821.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A list, schedule, or enumeration in writing, containing, article by article, the goods and chattels, rights and credits, and. In some cases, the land and tenements, of a person or persons, A conservatory act, which is made to ascertain the situation of an intestate’s estate, the estate of an insolvent, and the like, for the purpose of securing it to those entitled to It. When the inventory is made of goods and estates assigned or conveyed In trust, it must Include all the property conveyed. It is prime fade evidence of the value as against the administrator; In re Childs, 6 Misc. 5G0, 26 N. Y. Supp. 721; In re Mullon, 74 Hun 358, 26 N. Y. Supp. 683. In case of intestate estates, it Is required to contain only the personal property, or that to which the administrator Is entitled. The claims due to the estate ought to be separated; those which are desperate or bad ought to be so returned. The articles ought to be set down separately, as already mentioned, and separately valued. It is not the duty of an administrator to inventory property which was conveyed by his Intestate in fraud of creditors; Gardner v, Gardner, 17 R. I. 751, 24 Atl. 785. The duty of having an appraisal and Inventory made of a testator’s estate, rests on the executor and not on the adult legatees; In re Curry’s Will, 19 N. Y. Supp. 728. An Item Inserted In the inventory by mistake may be stricken out after It is sworn to; In re Payne, 78 Hun 292, 28 N. Y. Supp. 911. The inventory Is to be made In the presence of at least two of the creditors of the deceased, or legatees, or next of kin, or of two honest persons. The appraisers must the appraisement is Just to the best of their knowledge. See, generally, 14 Vin. Abr. 465; Bac. 'Abr. Executora, etc. (E 11); Ayl. Par. 306; Com. Dig. Adminiatration (B 7); 2 Add. Eccl. 319; Shoul. Ex. & Ad. 230; 2 Bla. Com. 614; Com. v. Bryan, 8 S. & R. (Pa.) 128. INVEST (Lat. mveatire, to clothe). To put In possession of a Sold upon taking the oath of fealty or i Sdelity to the prince or superior lord. Also, to lay out capital in some permanent form so as to produce an income. The term would hardly apply to an active capital employed in banking; People v. Ins. Co., 15 Johns. (N. Y.).358, 8 Am. Dec. 243. It would cover the loaning of money; Shoemaker V. Smith, 37 Ind. 122. Whenever a sum Is represented by anything but money, it Is Invested; People v. Commissioners of Taxes, 23 N. Y. 242.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A detailed list of articles of property; a list or schedule of property, containing a designation or description of each specific article; an itemized list of the various articles constituting a collection, estate, stock in trade, etc., with their estimated or actual values. In law, the term is particularly applied to such a list made by an executor, administrator or assignee in bsnk-ruptcy. See Silver Bow Min. Co. v. Lowry, 5 Mont. 618, 6 Pan. 62; Lloyd v. Wyckoff, 11 N. J. Law, 224; Roberts, etc., Co. v. Sun Mut. L. Ins. Co., 19 Tex. Civ. App. 338, 48 S. W. 559; Southern F. Ins. Co. v. Knight, 111 Ga. 622, 36 S. E. 821, 52 L. R. A. 70, 78 Am. St. Rep. 216.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

^ A list or schedule of names of articles singly or in levy of attachments, executions, by executors and administrators,