18 U.S.C. § 2311 : US Code - Section 2311: Definitions

Search 18 U.S.C. § 2311 : US Code - Section 2311: Definitions

As used in this chapter:
"Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented,
used, or designed for navigation of or for flight in the air;
"Cattle" means one or more bulls, steers, oxen, cows, heifers, or
calves, or the carcass or carcasses thereof;
"Livestock" means any domestic animals raised for home use,
consumption, or profit, such as horses, pigs, llamas, goats, fowl,
sheep, buffalo, and cattle, or the carcasses thereof;
"Money" means the legal tender of the United States or of any
foreign country, or any counterfeit thereof;
"Motor vehicle" includes an automobile, automobile truck,
automobile wagon, motorcycle, or any other self-propelled vehicle
designed for running on land but not on rails;
"Securities" includes any note, stock certificate, bond,
debenture, check, draft, warrant, traveler's check, letter of
credit, warehouse receipt, negotiable bill of lading, evidence of
indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any
profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate,
preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share,
investment contract, voting-trust certificate; valid or blank motor
vehicle title; certificate of interest in property, tangible or
intangible; instrument or document or writing evidencing ownership
of goods, wares, and merchandise, or transferring or assigning any
right, title, or interest in or to goods, wares, and merchandise;
or, in general, any instrument commonly known as a "security", or
any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or
interim certificate for, receipt for, warrant, or right to
subscribe to or purchase any of the foregoing, or any forged,
counterfeited, or spurious representation of any of the foregoing;
"Tax stamp" includes any tax stamp, tax token, tax meter imprint,
or any other form of evidence of an obligation running to a State,
or evidence of the discharge thereof;
"Value" means the face, par, or market value, whichever is the
greatest, and the aggregate value of all goods, wares, and
merchandise, securities, and money referred to in a single
indictment shall constitute the value thereof.