Connecticut General Statutes 38a-363 – Definitions
As used in sections 38a-17, 38a-19 and 38a-363 to 38a-388, inclusive:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-363
- farming: include cultivation of the soil, dairying, forestry, raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity, including the raising, shearing, feeding, caring for, training and management of livestock, including horses, bees, the production of honey, poultry, fur-bearing animals and wildlife, and the raising or harvesting of oysters, clams, mussels, other molluscan shellfish or fish. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Person: means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a business trust, an unincorporated organization or other legal entity. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
(a) “Injury” means bodily injury, sickness or disease, including death resulting therefrom, accidentally caused and arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of (1) a private passenger motor vehicle; or (2) a vehicle with a commercial registration, as defined in § 14-1.
(b) “Insurer” or “insurance company” includes a self-insurer and a person having the rights and obligations of an insurer under sections 38a-19 and 38a-363 to 38a-388, inclusive, as provided by § 38a-371.
(c) “Occupying” a vehicle means to be in or upon or entering into or alighting from the vehicle.
(d) “Owner” of a private passenger motor vehicle means the person who owns the legal title thereto, except where the motor vehicle is the subject of a security agreement or lease with option to purchase with the debtor or lessee having the right to possession, in which event “owner” means the debtor or lessee.
(e) “Private passenger motor vehicle” means a: (1) Private passenger type automobile; (2) station-wagon-type automobile; (3) camper-type motor vehicle; (4) high-mileage-type motor vehicle, as defined in § 14-1; (5) truck-type motor vehicle with a load capacity of fifteen hundred pounds or less, registered as a passenger motor vehicle, as defined in said section, or as a passenger and commercial motor vehicle, as defined in said section, or used for farming purposes; or (6) a vehicle with a commercial registration, as defined in said section. It does not include a motorcycle or motor vehicle used as a public or livery conveyance.
(f) “Relative” of a person means one who is related to the person by blood, marriage or adoption.
(g) “Use” of a motor vehicle includes the loading or unloading thereof.
(h) “Pedestrian” means any person not occupying a vehicle of any type other than a vehicle designed to be drawn or driven by muscular power.