N.D. Cent. Code § 4.1-27-01
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4.1-27-01. Definitions
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4.1-27-01. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
1. "Commissioner" means the agriculture commissioner.
2. "Livestock" means horses, mules, asses, bison, cattle, swine, sheep, farmed elk, and
goats.
3. "Livestock auction market" means a place or establishment conducted or operated for
compensation or profit as a public market or a private buying station, consisting of
pens or other enclosures and their appurtenances; in which livestock is received, held,
or kept for sale; and where that livestock is sold or offered for sale, at either public
auction or private sale.
In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
1. "Commissioner" means the agriculture commissioner.
2. "Livestock" means horses, mules, asses, bison, cattle, swine, sheep, farmed elk, and
goats.
3. "Livestock auction market" means a place or establishment conducted or operated for
compensation or profit as a public market or a private buying station, consisting of
pens or other enclosures and their appurtenances; in which livestock is received, held,
or kept for sale; and where that livestock is sold or offered for sale, at either public
auction or private sale.
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