{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s2311","title":18,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2311.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f2311.\nDefinitions\nAs used in this chapter:\n\u201cAircraft\u201d means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used, or designed for navigation of or for flight in the air;\n\u201cCattle\u201d means one or more bulls, steers, oxen, cows, heifers, or calves, or the carcass or carcasses thereof;\n\u201cLivestock\u201d 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;\n\u201cMoney\u201d means the legal tender of the United States or of any foreign country, or any counterfeit thereof;\n\u201cMotor vehicle\u201d includes an automobile, automobile truck, automobile wagon, motorcycle, or any other self-propelled vehicle designed for running on land but not on rails;\n\u201cSecurities\u201d includes any note, stock certificate, bond, debenture, check, draft, warrant, traveler\u2019s 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 \u201csecurity\u201d, 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;\n\u201cTax stamp\u201d 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;\n\u201cValue\u201d 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.\n\u201cVessel\u201d means any watercraft or other contrivance used or designed for transportation or navigation on, under, or immediately above, water.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t18/s2311.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s2311","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2311."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"As used in this chapter:","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cAircraft\u201d means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used, or designed for navigation of or for flight in the air;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cCattle\u201d means one or more bulls, steers, oxen, cows, heifers, or calves, or the carcass or carcasses thereof;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cLivestock\u201d 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;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cMoney\u201d means the legal tender of the United States or of any foreign country, or any counterfeit thereof;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cMotor vehicle\u201d includes an automobile, automobile truck, automobile wagon, motorcycle, or any other self-propelled vehicle designed for running on land but not on rails;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cSecurities\u201d includes any note, stock certificate, bond, debenture, check, draft, warrant, traveler\u2019s 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 \u201csecurity\u201d, 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;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cTax stamp\u201d 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;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cValue\u201d 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.","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cVessel\u201d means any watercraft or other contrivance used or designed for transportation or navigation on, under, or immediately above, water.","tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}