As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 556.010

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the State Department of Agriculture. See Nevada Revised Statutes 556.010
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039

1.  ’Department’ means the State Department of Agriculture.

2.  ’Grower’ means any landowner personally engaged in growing garlic or onions, or a landowner and the landowner’s tenant jointly, and includes a natural person, partnership, association, corporation, cooperative organization, trust, sharecropper and all other business units, devises or arrangements that grow garlic or onions.