As used in this chapter, the following terms mean:

(1) “Aircraft”, any contrivance now known, or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of, or flight in, the air;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 155.010

  • Aircraft: any contrivance now known, or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of, or flight in, the air. See Missouri Laws 155.010
  • 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.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • hereafter: means the time after the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • 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: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

(2) “Airline company”, any person, firm, partnership, corporation, trustee, receiver or assignee, and all other persons, whether or not in a representative capacity, undertaking to engage in the carriage of persons or cargo for hire by commercial aircraft pursuant to certificates of convenience and necessity issued by the federal Civil Aeronautics Board, or successor thereof, or any noncertificated air carrier authorized to engage in irregular and infrequent air transportation by the federal Civil Aeronautics Board, or successor thereof;

(3) “Aviation fuel”, any fuel specifically compounded for use in reciprocating aircraft engines;

(4) “Commercial aircraft”, aircraft fully equipped for flight and of more than three thousand pounds maximum certified gross take-off weight.