Wisconsin Statutes 99.01 – Definitions
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For the purpose of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 99.01
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Food: has the meaning specified in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 99.01
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Property: includes food; agricultural and commercial products, commodities or equipment; household furnishings; automobiles, boats, snowmobiles or other vehicles and conveyances; and all other items of a personal, family, household, agricultural, business or commercial nature which may be the subject of a contract of storage. See Wisconsin Statutes 99.01
- Public warehouse: includes a food warehouse, as defined in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 99.01
- Public warehouse keeper: means any person who is required to be licensed under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 99.01
- Warehouse: means any building, room, structure or facility used for the storage of property. See Wisconsin Statutes 99.01
(1) “Food” has the meaning specified in s. 97.01 (6).
(2) “Property” means goods as defined in s. 407.102 (1) (g). “Property” includes food; agricultural and commercial products, commodities or equipment; household furnishings; automobiles, boats, snowmobiles or other vehicles and conveyances; and all other items of a personal, family, household, agricultural, business or commercial nature which may be the subject of a contract of storage.
(3) “Public warehouse” means a warehouse that is operated by a public warehouse keeper for the storage for hire of the property of others. “Public warehouse” includes a food warehouse, as defined in s. 97.27 (1) (b), if the warehouse is operated by a public warehouse keeper on a storage for hire basis. “Public warehouse” does not include a frozen-food locker plant as defined in s. 97.27 (1) (c).
(4) “Public warehouse keeper” means any person who is required to be licensed under s. 99.02.
(5) “Warehouse” means any building, room, structure or facility used for the storage of property.