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standard

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)

Definitions from Case Law

United States Supreme Court

that which is established by authority, custom, or general consent, as a model or example; criterion; test.

Defined by the Supreme Court in Engine Manufacturers Association et al. v. South Coast Air Quality Management District et al., 541 U.S. 246 (2004).

United States Code

19 U.S.C. § 2571 — as used in this subchapter

The term “standard” means a document approved by a recognized body, that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines, or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, with which compliance is not mandatory. Such term may also include or deal exclusively with terminology, symbols, packaging, marking, or labeling requirements as they apply to a product, process, or production method.

19 U.S.C. § 2576B — for purposes of this subpart

The term “standard” means—

(A) characteristics for a good or a service,

(B) characteristics, rules, or guidelines for—

(i) processes or production methods relating to such good, or

(ii) operating methods relating to such service, and

(C) provisions specifying terminology, symbols, packaging, marking, or labelling for—

(i) a good or its related process or production methods, or

(ii) a service or its related operating methods,

for common and repeated use, including explanatory and other related provisions set out in a document approved by a standardizing body, with which compliance is not mandatory.

23 U.S.C. § 501 — in this chapter

Standard.—The term “standard” means a document that—

(A) contains technical specifications or other precise criteria for intelligent transportation systems that are to be used consistently as rules, guidelines, or definitions of characteristics so as to ensure that materials, products, processes, and services are fit for the intended purposes of the materials, products, processes, and services; and

(B) may support the national architecture and promote—

(i) the widespread use and adoption of intelligent transportation system technology as a component of the surface transportation systems of the United States; and

(ii) interoperability among intelligent transportation system technologies implemented throughout the States.

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In War. An ensign or flag used in war. In Measures. A weight or measure of certain dimensions, to which all other weights and measures must correspond; as, a standard bushel. Also, the quality of certain metals, to which all others of the same kind ought to be made to conform; as, standard gold, standard silver.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In War. An ensign or flag used in war. In Measures. A weight or measure of certain dimensions, to which all other weights and measures must correspond: as, a standard bushel. Also, the quality of certain metals, to which all others of the same kind ought to be made to conform: as, standard gold, standard silver. A National Bureau of Standards was established March 3, 1901, to have custody of the standards, the comparison of those used in scientific, etc., matters; their construction, with multiples and subdivisions; the testing and calibration of standard measuring apparatus; the solution of problems in connection with standards; the determination of physical constants and the properties of materials. It exercises its functions for the benefit of the United States, any state or municipality, or any scientific or educational institution, firm, corporation or individual engaged in manufacturing or research requiring standard measuring instruments. See Measures; Weights.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An ensign or flag used in wav.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

An ensign for horsemen in war.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

tn war, an ensign or flag used in war.