Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 49 > Subtitle IV > Part A > Chapter 101 - General Provisions

• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• 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
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• vehicle: includes every description of carriage or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land. See 1 USC 4
• vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3