In the three preceding sections, the word ''securities'' shall include all evidences of debt or property and options for the purchase and sale thereof, shares in any corporation, joint stock company or association, bonds, coupons, scrip, rights, choses in action and other evidences of debt or property and options for the purchase or sale thereof; and the word ''commodities'' shall include everything movable that is bought and sold.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 137, § 7
Securities and commodities; definitions
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