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For purposes of this chapter, the term “agricultural labor” includes all service performed— (1) on a farm, in the employ of any person, in connection with cultivating the soil, or

the term “agricultural land” means any land located in one or more States and used for agricultural, forestry, or timber production purposes as determined by the Secretary under re

The term "agricultural land easement" means an easement or other interest in eligible land that— (A) is conveyed for the purpose of protecting natural resources and the a

“agricultural lands” means lands designated as agricultural lands pursuant to section 544d of this title ;

A statutory lien in some states to secure money or supplies advanced to an agriculturist to be expended or employed in the making of a crop and attaching to that crop only. Clark v

The term “agricultural livestock” includes bovine, swine, poultry, and sheep.

The term “agricultural livestock waste nutrients” means agricultural livestock manure and litter, including wood shavings, straw, rice hulls, and other bedding material for the dis

the question as to whether a particular type of activity is agricultural is not determined by the necessity of the activity to agriculture nor by the physical similarity of the act

The term “agricultural operation” means all eligible land, whether or not contiguous, that is— (A) under the effective control of a producer at the time the producer enters into a

The term "agricultural pilot program" means a pilot program to study the growth, cultivation, or marketing of industrial hemp— (A) in States that permit the growth or cul

The term “agricultural product” means any fresh fruit or vegetable or any commodity or product derived from livestock or fowl, that is marketed in the United States for human consu

When used in this chapter, the term “agricultural products” includes agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, and dairy products, livestock and poultry, bees, forest products, fi

The term “agricultural program” means— (A) any program administered under the Food for Peace Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.); (B) any program administered under section 1431 of title

The term “agricultural purposes” includes the production, harvest, exhibition, marketing, transportation, processing, or manufacture of agricultural products by a natural person wh

The term “agricultural real estate” means— (A) a parcel or parcels of land, or a building or structure affixed to the parcel or parcels, that— (i) is used for the production of one

The term “agricultural research” means research in the food and agricultural sciences.

The term “agricultural research facility” means a proposed facility for research in food and agricultural sciences for which Federal funds are requested by an entity eligible to re

The term “agricultural resource” means— (A) all the primary means of production, including the land, soil, water, air, plant communities, watersheds, human resources, natural and p

The term “agricultural resource management plan” means a plan developed under section 3711(b) of this title.

the term “agricultural resources intern” means an Indian who— (i) is attending an approved postsecondary school in a full-time agriculture or related field, and (ii) is appointed t

the term “agricultural resources intern positions” means positions established pursuant to paragraph (1) for agricultural resources interns; and

“Agricultural seeds” shall mean grass, forage, and field crop seeds which the Secretary of Agriculture finds are used for seeding purposes in the United States and which he lists i

One for the promotion of agricultural interests, such as the improvement of land, breeds of cattle, etc. Downing v. State Board of Agriculture, 129 Ind. 443, 28 N. E. 123. 614, 12

the term “agricultural structure” means any structure used exclusively in connection with the production, harvesting, storage, raising, or drying of agricultural commodities; and

In this subsection, the term “agricultural supply” includes— (A) a farm supply; and (B) (i) agriculture-related processing equipment; (ii) agriculture-related machinery; and (iii)

The term "agricultural technology" means machinery and other equipment engineered for an applicable and novel use in agriculture, natural resources, and food relating to

The term “agricultural vehicle” means any highway motor vehicle— (I) used primarily for farming purposes, and (II) registered (under the laws of the State in which such vehicle is

The term “agricultural water enhancement activity” includes the following activities carried out with respect to agricultural land: (A) Water quality or water conservation plan dev

farming in all its branches and among other things includes the cultivation and tillage of the soil, dairying, the production, cultivation, growing, and harvesting of any agricultu

In this section, the term "agriculture and food defense" means any action to prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of, respond to, or recover from a naturally oc

In this section, the term "agriculture committees and subcommittees" means— (1) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; (2) the Committee on Agricul

The term "agriculture or forestry credit" means a credit representing an amount of greenhouse gas emissions from an agricultural or forestry activity that are prevented,

The term “agriculture risk coverage” means coverage provided under section 9017 of this title .

the term “agriculture study program” includes (but is not limited to) agricultural engineering, agricultural economics, animal husbandry, animal science, biological sciences, geogr

As used in this subpart, the term “agriculturists” includes farmers, herders, and livestock producers, individuals who fish and others employed in cultivating and harvesting food r

In Roman law. Lands belonging to the state by right of conquest, and granted or sold in plots. Sandars, Just. Inst. (5th Ed.) 98.

The term “agroterrorist act” means an act that— (A) causes or attempts to cause— (i) damage to agriculture; or (ii) injury to a person associated with agriculture; and (B) is commi

AGR Personnel Defined.—In this section, the term “AGR personnel” means members of the Air Force Reserve who are on active duty (other than for training) in connection with organizi

In ancient customs, a fee, due from the vassals to their lord for sharpening their plowing tackle.

Uneompensated, unpaid for, unavenged. From the participle of exclusion, @, @, or ex, (Goth.,) and gild, payment, requital. Anc. Inst. Eng. ZL. A Norman French term signifying “pran

By or from an unwilling party. A transfer ab invito is a compulsory transfer.

A breaking made out by construction of law. As where a burglar gains anentry into a house by threats, fraud, or conspiracy. 2 Russ. Crimes, 9, 10.

In Old European Law. A kind of oath among the Bavarians. Spelman. — ^In Saxon Law. One bound by oath, (q. V.); "oath-tied." From ath, oath, and tied. Spelman.

The term “artificial intelligence” or “AI” has the meaning given such term in section 9401 of title 15 .

[t]o help" or "assist." A summons that may not itself reveal taxpayer assets that can be collected may nonetheless help the IRS fnd such assets.

In order to aid and abet another to commit a crime it is necessary that a defendant 'in some sort associate himself with the venture, that he participate in it as in something that

Help; support; assistance; counsel; encouragement. The constitution of. the United States (article 3, § 3) declares that adhering to the enemies of the United States, giving them a

Public (usually municipal or county) bonds issued in aid of a private enterprise operating for the benefit of the community generally.

The wings or side aisles of a church. Blount

fr., Aid-prayer. A proceeding by which one sued for land in which he had a limited interest sought suspense of the action and aid of his lord or reversioner. So a tenant in capite,

In pleading. The presumption which arises after verdict, whether in a civil or criminal case, that those facts, without proof of which the verdict could not have been found, were p

Aiding, abetting, and counseling are not terms which presuppose the existence of an agreement. Those terms have a broader application, making the defendant a principal when he cons

Aiding and abetting has a broader application. It makes a defendant a principal when he consciously shares in any criminal act whether or not there is a conspiracy. And if a conspi

Intervention prayed by the king's tenant when another questioned his tenure, or demanded rent of him.

In English law. A petition to the court calling in help from another person who has an interest in the matter in dispute. For example, a tenant for life, by the curtesy, or for yea

Service or money from a tenant in chivalry to make the lord’s eldest son a knight.

Service or money from a tenant in chivalry to marry the lord’s daughter.

The term “AIDS” has the meaning given the term in section 2151b–2(g)(1) 2 of this title. / The term “AIDS” means acquired immune deficiency syndrome. / The term “AIDS” means the ac

The term “AIDS activities” means AIDS research and other activities that relate to acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

The term “AIDS research” means research with respect to acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “aid to the permanently and totally disabled” means money payments to needy individuals eighteen years of age or older who are permane

A grandfather; a writ under which a grandchild could oust a stranger who dispossessed him on the day of the death of his grandfather, who was seised. See 3 Bl. Comm. 186.

Ayel, Aile, Ayle. In old practice. A writ which lay for an heir to recover the possession of lands on the seisin of his grandfather, {aiel or aieul.)* Called by Roscoe a possessory

I Fr. A grandfather. A writ which lieth where the grandfather was seised In his demesne as of fee of any lands or tenements in fee-simple the day that he died, and a stranger abate

A grandmother.

A grandfather.

aflforare, affurare, /. I. In old English law. To affeer, or affere. v. Affeer. Afferatus, afforatns: affeered or assessed.

I. I. In old practice, to pledge by oath; to swear to, or make oath. V. Affidavit. In feudal law. To give or swear fealty to the lord.

adfixns, I. In the civil law. Affixed; fixed or fastened to.

ailors, aylours, /. fr. Elsewhere; otherwise; besides.

aylours./r. Elsewhere; besides. Ainesse,/r. Bsnecy, q. v.; the right of the eldest born. Ainsi,/r. Thus; so. Ainsi come: even as it were. Ainsi soit il: so be it.

The official title of the kingdom composed of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, and including the colonies and possessions beyond the seas. At the time of the union between En

In French feudal law. The right or privliege of the eldest born; primogeniture; esnecy. Guyot, Inst. Feud. c. 17.

Fr. Thus, so; even so; after the same manner; so that; unless. Ainsi come; even as it were. Ainsi soil il; 80 be it, L. Ft, Diet. AmER,Aerer, L. Fr. To plough. See Arer.

That fluid transparent substance which surrounds our globe. See "Easement."

The term "air ambulance service" means medical transport by helicopter or airplane for patients. / The term "air ambulance service" means medical transport by h

The term "air carrier" has the meaning given the term in section 40102 of title 49. / The terms “air carrier”, “aircraft”, “air transportation”, “cargo”, and “charter air

“air carrier transportation property” means property (as defined by the Secretary of Transportation) that an air carrier providing air transportation owns or uses.

interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce or the transportation of mail by aircraft or any operation or navigation of aircraft within the limits of any Federal airway or any op

The terms “air carrier”, “aircraft”, “air transportation”, “cargo”, and “charter air transportation” have the meanings given such terms by section 40102(a) of title 49 . / The term

Aircraft accident.—The term "aircraft accident" means any aviation disaster, regardless of its cause or suspected cause, for which the Board is the lead investigative age

In this chapter, the terms “aircraft engine”, “air navigation facility”, “appliance”, “civil aircraft”, “foreign air commerce”, “interstate air commerce”, “landing area”, “overseas

“aircraft in flight” means an aircraft from the moment all external doors are closed following boarding— (A) through the moment when one external door is opened to allow passengers

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term "aircraft management services" includes— (i) assisting an aircraft owner with administrative and support services, such as sche

“aircraft manufacturer” means any company or other business entity, the majority ownership and control of which is by United States citizens, that manufactures aircraft or aircraft

For purposes of this subsection, the term “aircraft museum” means an organization— (A) described in section 501(c)(3) which is exempt from income tax under section 501(a), (B) oper

For purposes of this paragraph, the term "aircraft owner" includes a person who leases the aircraft other than under a disqualified lease.

any seizure or exercise of control, by force or violence or threat of force or violence and with wrongful intent, of an aircraft in flight in air commerce.

Aircraft purchase.—The term “aircraft purchase” means the purchase of commercial transport aircraft, including spare parts normally associated with the aircraft.

the term “aircraft sabotage” has the meaning given that term in Article 1 of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation;

For purposes of this subsection, the terms “citizens band radio service”, “radio control service”, “aircraft station” and “ship station” shall have the meanings given them by the C

In old Scotch law. The court of the justices itinerant, corresponding to the English eyre. Skene de Verb. Sign. voc. "Iter." Heir. "His airis and assignais." Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 2,

To plough.

the term "airline catering employee" means an employee who performs airline catering services;

the term "airline catering services" means preparation, assembly, or both, of food, beverages, provisions and related supplies for delivery, and the delivery of such item

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “airline-related services” means any of the following services provided in connection with air transportation: (i) Catering. (ii) Baggage h

“airman” means an individual— (A) in command, or as pilot, mechanic, or member of the crew, who navigates aircraft when under way; (B) except to the extent the Administrator of the

The term “Air National Guard” means that part of the organized militia of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that—

The term “Air National Guard of the United States” means the reserve component of the Air Force all of whose members are members of the Air National Guard. / “Air National Guard of

In this chapter, the terms “aircraft engine”, “air navigation facility”, “appliance”, “civil aircraft”, “foreign air commerce”, “interstate air commerce”, “landing area”, “overseas