As used in this chapter:
“Aircraft” means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used, or designed for navigation of or for flight in the air;
“Cattle” means one or more bulls, steers, oxen, cows, heifers, or calves, or the carcass or carcasses thereof;
“Livestock” means any domestic animals raised for home use, consumption, or profit, such as horses, pigs, llamas, goats, fowl, sheep, buffalo, and cattle, or the carcasses thereof;
“Money” means the legal tender of the United States or of any foreign country, or any counterfeit thereof;
“Motor vehicle” includes an automobile, automobile truck, automobile wagon, motorcycle, or any other self-propelled vehicle designed for running on land but not on rails;
“Securities” includes any note, stock certificate, bond, debenture, check, draft, warrant, traveler’s check, letter of credit, warehouse receipt, negotiable bill of lading, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate; valid or blank motor vehicle title; certificate of interest in property, tangible or intangible; instrument or document or writing evidencing ownership of goods, wares, and merchandise, or transferring or assigning any right, title, or interest in or to goods, wares, and merchandise; or, in general, any instrument commonly known as a “security”, or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, warrant, or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the foregoing, or any forged, counterfeited, or spurious representation of any of the foregoing;
“Tax stamp” includes any tax stamp, tax token, tax meter imprint, or any other form of evidence of an obligation running to a State, or evidence of the discharge thereof;
“Value” means the face, par, or market value, whichever is the greatest, and the aggregate value of all goods, wares, and merchandise, securities, and money referred to in a single indictment shall constitute the value thereof.
“Vessel” means any watercraft or other contrivance used or designed for transportation or navigation on, under, or immediately above, water.
June 25, 1948, ch. 64562 Stat. 805Pub. L. 87–371, § 175 Stat. 802Pub. L. 98–547, title II, § 20298 Stat. 2770Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320912108 Stat. 2128Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 604(b)(20)110 Stat. 3507Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4002(b)(8)116 Stat. 1808Pub. L. 109–177, title III, § 307(b)(1)120 Stat. 240(, ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
Oct. 29, 1919, ch. 89, § 2(a)41 Stat. 324May 22, 1934, ch. 33348 Stat. 794Aug. 3, 1939, ch. 413, § 353 Stat. 1178Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 366, § 2(a)55 Stat. 631Sept. 24, 1945, ch. 383, § 159 Stat. 536Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 408, 414(b), (c), 417, 419a(a) (, ; , §§ 2(b), (c), 5, , 795; , ; , ; , ).
The definitive provisions in each of said sections were separated therefrom and consolidated into this one section defining terms used in this chapter.
section 10 of this titleThe definitions of “interstate or foreign commerce”, contained in said section 408 and in sections 414(a) and 419a(b) of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., are incorporated in .
section 408 of title 18Other provisions of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., are incorporated in sections 2312 and 2313 of this title.
McBoyleU.SIn the definition of “motor vehicle”, words “designed for running on land but not on rails” were substituted for “not designed for running on rails” so as to conform with the ruling in the case of v. . (1931, 51 S. Ct. 340, 283, U. S. 25, 75 L. Ed. 816), in which the Supreme Court held that “vehicle” is limited to vehicles running on land and that motor vehicle does not include an airplane.
section 417 of title 18In the paragraph defining “value” which came from said , U.S.C., 1940 ed., words “In the event that a defendant is charged in the same indictment with two or more violations of sections 413–419 of this title, then” were omitted and the same meaning was preserved by the substitution of the words “a single” for the word “such.”
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 109–1772006— inserted definition of “Vessel”.
Pub. L. 107–2732002— substituted semicolon for period at end of third par.
Pub. L. 104–2941996— substituted “Livestock” for “livestock” in third par.
Pub. L. 103–3221994— inserted definition of “livestock”.
Pub. L. 98–5471984— inserted “valid or blank motor vehicle title;” in definition of “Securities”.
Pub. L. 87–3711961— inserted definition of “Tax stamp”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Pub. L. 104–294section 604(d) of Pub. L. 104–294section 13 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
Short Title of 2004 Amendment
Pub. L. 108–482, title I, § 101118 Stat. 3912
Short Title of 1997 Amendment
Pub. L. 105–147, § 1111 Stat. 2678
Short Title of 1996 Amendment
Pub. L. 104–153, § 1110 Stat. 1386
Short Title of 1992 Amendment
Pub. L. 102–519, § 1106 Stat. 3384
Short Title of 1984 Amendments
Pub. L. 98–547, § 1(a)98 Stat. 2754
Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 150198 Stat. 2178
Short Title of 1982 Amendment
Pub. L. 97–180, § 196 Stat. 91
Counterfeiting of Trademarked and Copyrighted Merchandise; Congressional Statement of Findings
Pub. L. 104–153, § 2110 Stat. 1386
Congressional Declaration of Purpose of 1984 Amendment
Pub. L. 98–547, § 298 Stat. 2754