materials
Defined in 5 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879)
United States Code
30 U.S.C. § 1601 — in this chapter (2 versions over time)
Materials.—The term "materials" means substances, including minerals, of current or potential use that will be needed to supply the industrial, military, and essential civilian needs of the United States in the production of goods or services, including those which are primarily imported or for which there is a prospect of shortages or uncertain supply, or which present opportunities in terms of new physical properties, use, recycling, disposal or substitution, with the exclusion of food and of energy fuels used as such.
30 U.S.C. § 1811 — as used in this chapter
As used in this chapter, the term “materials” has the meaning given it by section 1601(b) of this title.
42 U.S.C. § 5195A — for purposes of this subchapter
The term “materials” includes raw materials, supplies, medicines, equipment, component parts and technical information and processes necessary for emergency preparedness.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Matter which is intended to be used in the creation of a mechanical structure; Moyer v. Slate Co., 71 Pa. 293; Huudhausen v. Bond, 36 Wis, 29. The physical part of that which has a physical existence. The general property in materials furnished to a workman remains in the bailor where the contract is merely one for the employment of labor and services; otherwise where it is a sale. See Baiement; Mandate; Trover; Trespass. MATERNA MATERNIS (Lat. from the mother to the mother’s). In French Law. A term • denoting the descent of property of a deceased person derived from his mother to the relations on the mother’s side.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The-substance-or matter of which: anything is made; matter furnished for the erection oe of a house, ship, ‘ or other structure; matter used orintended to be used
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
In provisions of a slate company's charter, fixi Dg the stockholders for debts to mechanics, &e., refers to that only which forms part of the products of the company. Moyer ti. Pa. Slate Co., 71 Pa. St. 293. The phrase " materials for building," in an ordinance prohibiting deposits in a street without permission, should not be deemed to include earth excavated from the site. Hundhausen v. Bond, 36 Wis. 29.