Package
Defined in 6 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
United States Code
7 U.S.C. § 92 — in this chapter
“Package” means any container of naval stores, and includes barrel, tank, tank car, or other receptacle.
15 U.S.C. § 1332 — as used in this chapter
The term “package” means a pack, box, carton, or container of any kind in which cigarettes are offered for sale, sold, or otherwise distributed to consumers.
15 U.S.C. § 1459 — in this section (2 versions over time)
The term “package” means any container or wrapping in which any consumer commodity is enclosed for use in the delivery or display of that consumer commodity to retail purchasers, but does not include—
(1) shipping containers or wrappings used solely for the transportation of any consumer commodity in bulk or in quantity to manufacturers, packers, or processors, or to wholesale or retail distributors thereof;
(2) shipping containers or outer wrappings used by retailers to ship or deliver any commodity to retail customers if such containers and wrappings bear no printed matter pertaining to any particular commodity; or
(3) containers subject to the provisions of the Act of August 3, 1912 (37 Stat. 250, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 231–233), or the Act of March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1186, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 234–236).
15 U.S.C. § 1471 — in this section
The term “package” means the immediate container or wrapping in which any household substance is contained for consumption, use, or storage by individuals in or about the household, and, for purposes of section 1473(a)(2) of this title, also means any outer container or wrapping used in the retail display of any such substance to consumers. Such term does not include—
(A) any shipping container or wrapping used solely for the transportation of any household substance in bulk or in quantity to manufacturers, packers, or processors, or to wholesale or retail distributors thereof, or
(B) any shipping container or outer wrapping used by retailers to ship or deliver any household substance to consumers unless it is the only such container or wrapping.
15 U.S.C. § 4408 — for purposes of this chapter
The term “package” means a pack, box, carton, pouch, or container of any kind in which smokeless tobacco products are offered for sale, sold, or otherwise distributed to consumers.
21 U.S.C. § 1033 — for purposes of this chapter
The term “container” or “package” includes any box, can, tin, plastic, or other receptacle, wrapper, or cover.
21 U.S.C. § 453 — for purposes of this chapter
The term “container” or “package” includes any box, can, tin, cloth, plastic, or other receptacle, wrapper, or cover.
26 U.S.C. § 5416 — for purposes of this subchapter
For purposes of this subchapter, the term “package” means a bottle, can, keg, barrel, or other original consumer container, and the term “packaging” means the filling of any package.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A bundle put up for transportation or commercial handling. A parcel is a small package; U. S. v. Goldbac-k, 1 Hugh. 529, Fed. Gas. No. 15,222; Southern Exp. Oo. v. Crook, 44 Ala. 408, 4 Am. Rep. 140; where a bale of cotton was held not i a package; contra, Lamb v. Transp. Co., 2j Daly (N. Y.) 454. See L. R. 9 Ex. 07. j The word as used in the federal Food and j sumption by the public; Mc Dermott Y. State, 228 II. S. 115, 33 Sup. Ct. 431, 57 L. Ed. 754. Certain duties charged in the port of London on the goods imported and exported by aliens. Now abolished. Whart. Lex.' See Original Package.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A package means a bundle put up for transportation or commercial handling; a thing in form to become, as such, an article of merchandise or delivery from hand to band. A parcel is a small package; "parcel" being the diminutive of "package." Each of the words denotes a thing in form suitable for transportation or handling or sale from hand to hand. U. S. v. Goldback, 1 Hughes, 529, Fed. Cas. No. 15,222; Haley v. State, 42 Neb. 556, 60 N. W. 962, 47 Am. St Rep. 718; State v. Parsons, 124 Mo. 436, 27 S. W. 1102, 46 Am. St Rep. 457. "Package," in old English law, signifies one of various duties charged in the port of London on the goods imported and exported by aliens, or by denizens the sons of aliena Tomlins.
— Original package. See Original.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Contents, 1; Pae-
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A package, within the meaning of U. S. Rev. Stat. § 3437, imposing internal revenue tax upon friction matches in parcels or packages of one hundred or less, means a bundle put up for transportation or commercial handling; a thing in form to become, as such, an article of merchandise or delivery from hand to hand. A parcel is a small package; "parcel" being the diminutive of "package." Each of the words denotes a thing in form suitable for transportation or handling, or sale from hand to hand. Where a manufacturer put up matches in boxes containing two drawers or compartments, each holding forty odd matches, held, that each compartment was not taxable as a separate package or parcel; but the whole box was chargeable with one tax. United States v. Goldback, 1 Hugh. 529. The word package, in a provision inserted in an express receipt, that if the value of the property is not disclosed the shipper will not demand of the carrier more than fifty dollars for the loss "of each package" receipted for, does not include a bale of cotton, a hogshead of tobacco, or the like. The term packages, as here used, must be interpreted to mean small parcels or bundles, whose appearance would give no adequate information to the carrier of their value. In such cases there is great propriety in requiring the value to be named, in order to enable the carrier to make a charge answerable to the responsibility, and at the same time to inform him of the care required. But it is otherwise where the appearance of the article itself indicates its value and advises the carrier of the care required in the transportation. Southern Ex. Co. v. Crook, 44 Ala. 468. The word packages may be understood as embracing cotton bales. Lamb v. Camden, &c. R. R. Co., 2 Daly, 454, 480. "Package," in old English law, signifies one of various duties charged in the port of London on the goods imported and exported by aliens, or by denizens the sons of aliens. Tomlins.