device
Defined in 3 places across 3 titles of the United States Code.
The term “device” means any instrument or contrivance (other than a firearm) which is intended for trapping, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest or any other form of plant or animal life (other than man and other than bacteria, virus, or other microorganism on or in living man or other living animals); but not including equipment used for the application of pesticides when sold separately therefrom.
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- 1995–present7 U.S.C. § 136Agriculture · Definitions · for purposes of this subchapter
The term “device” means any object that, because of its physical, mechanical, structural, or chemical properties, has the capacity to cause damage to a vessel or its cargo, or cause interference with the safe navigation of a vessel.
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- 2013–present18 U.S.C. § 2282ACrimes and Criminal Procedure · Devices or dangerous substances in waters of the United States likely to destroy or damage ships or to interfere with maritime commerce · in this section
The terms “drug” and “device” have the meanings given such terms in section 321 of title 21.
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- 2011–present42 U.S.C. § 287AThe Public Health and Welfare · Advisory council · in this section