§ 5.231 Application
§ 5.232 Definition
§ 5.233 Mandatory statements
§ 5.234 Legibility of mandatory information
§ 5.235 Prohibited practices
§ 5.236 Comparative advertising

Terms Used In CFR > Title 27 > Chapter I > Subchapter A > Part 5 > Subpart N - Advertising of Distilled Spirits

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • label: includes :

    (1) Material affixed to the container, whether made of paper, plastic, metal, or other matter;

    (2) For purposes of the net content statement only, information blown, embossed, or molded into the container as part of the process of manufacturing the container;

    (3) Information etched, engraved, sandblasted, or otherwise carved into the surface of the container; and

    (4) Information branded, stenciled, painted, printed, or otherwise directly applied on to the surface of the container. See 27 CFR 5.61

  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Subliminal or similar techniques: as used in this subpart , refers to any device or technique that is used to convey, or attempts to convey, a message to a person by means of images or sounds of a very brief nature that cannot be perceived at a normal level of awareness. See 27 CFR 5.235