Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 12 > Chapter 26 - Disposition of Abandoned Money Orders and Traveler's Checks

• association: when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words "successors and assigns of such company or association" in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed. See 1 USC 5
• business association: means any corporation (other than a public corporation), joint stock company, business trust, partnership, or any association for business purposes of two or more individuals. See 12 USC 2502
• employee: shall include a full-time life insurance salesman who is considered an employee for the purpose of chapter 21. See
• financial organization: means any savings and loan association, building and loan association, credit union, or investment company engaged in business in the United States. See 12 USC 2502
• foreign: when applied to a corporation or partnership means a corporation or partnership which is not domestic. See
• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
• State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
• State: shall be construed to include the District of Columbia, where such construction is necessary to carry out provisions of this title. See
• taxable year: means the calendar year, or the fiscal year ending during such calendar year, upon the basis of which the taxable income is computed under subtitle A. See
• United States: when used in a geographical sense includes only the States and the District of Columbia. See