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...Except when the context otherwise requires, as used in sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Code: (A) "Authorized delegate" means a person designated by a licensee under section 1315.11 of the Revised Code to receive, directly or indirectly, money or its equivalent for transmission by the licensee. (B) "Control" means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct the management and policies of a licensee or th...

...As used in sections 1315.21 to 1315.30 of the Revised Code: (A) "Check" means any check, draft, money order, or other instrument for the transmission or payment of money. "Check" does not include a travelers check. (B) "Check-cashing business" means any person that engages in the business of cashing checks for a fee. "Check-cashing business" does not include any of the following: (1) A licensee as defined in secti...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Retail installment sale" includes every retail installment contract to sell specific goods, every consumer transaction in which the cash price may be paid in installments over a period of time, and every retail sale of specific goods to any person in which the cash price may be paid in installments over a period of time. "Retail installment sale" does not include a lease-purchase agreem...

...As used in sections 1319.07 to 1319.09 of the Revised Code: (A) "Nonrecourse carveout" means a specific exemption, if any, to the nonrecourse provisions set forth in the loan documents for a nonrecourse loan that has the effect of creating, if specified events occur, personal liability of the borrower or guarantor or other surety of the loan for all or some amounts owed to the lender. (B) "Nonrecourse loan" ...

...(A) As used in sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code: (1) "Person" includes individuals, partnerships, associations, trusts, corporations, and all other legal entities. (2) "License" means a license issued under sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code to make loans at a single place of business. (3) "Licensee" means a person to whom one or more licenses have been issued. (4) "Principal amount" m...

...As used in sections 1321.35 to 1321.48 of the Revised Code: (A) "Short-term loan" means a loan made pursuant to sections 1321.35 to 1321.48 of the Revised Code. (B) "Superintendent of financial institutions" includes the deputy superintendent for consumer finance as provided in section 1181.21 of the Revised Code. (C) "Interest" means all charges payable directly or indirectly by a borrower to a licensee as a cond...

...As used in sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" means an individual, partnership, association, trust, corporation, or any other legal entity. (B) "Certificate" means a certificate of registration issued under sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code. (C) "Registrant" means a person to whom one or more certificates of registration have been issued under sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of...

...As used in sections 1321.62 to 1321.702 of the Revised Code: (A) "Actuarial method" means the method of allocating payments made on a loan between the principal amount and interest whereby a payment is applied first to the accumulated interest and the remainder to the unpaid principal amount. (B) "Advertisement" and "advertising" mean all material printed, published, displayed, distributed, or broadcast, and all ...

...As used in sections 1321.71 to 1321.83 of the Revised Code: (A) "Annual percentage rate" means the ratio of the finance charges, as authorized by sections 1321.79 and 1321.791 of the Revised Code, on a loan to the unpaid principal balance on the loan for any period of time, expressed on an annual basis. (B) "Insurance premium finance company" or "premium finance company" means a person engaged in the business of en...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Administrative or clerical tasks" mean the receipt, collection, and distribution of information common for the processing or underwriting of a loan in the mortgage industry, and communication with a consumer to obtain information necessary for the processing or underwriting of a residential mortgage loan, to the extent the communication does not include offering or negotiating loan ra...

...As used in sections 1327.46 to 1327.61 of the Revised Code: (A) "Weights and measures" means all weights and measures of every kind, instruments and devices for weighing and measuring, and any appliances and accessories associated with any such instruments and devices, except that "weights and measures" shall not be construed to include meters for the measurement of electricity, gas, whether natural or manufactured,...

... commercial purposes in this state. The definitions of basic units of weight and measure, the tables of weight and measure, and weights and measures equivalents, as published by the national institute of standards and technology, are recognized and shall govern weighing and measuring equipment and transactions in this state.

...(A) As used in sections 1329.01 to 1329.10 of the Revised Code: (1) "Trade name" means a name used in business or trade to designate the business of the user and to which the user asserts a right to exclusive use. (2) "Fictitious name" means a name used in business or trade that is fictitious and that the user has not registered or is not entitled to register as a trade name. It does not include the name of recor...

...As used in sections 1329.41 to 1329.53, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Name, mark, or device" means any word, name, symbol, picture, design or device, or any combination thereof, produced upon, and used by a person to indicate ownership of articles and supplies referred to herein. (B) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or union of workingmen or other organization. (C) ...

...As used in sections 1329.54 to 1329.67 of the Revised Code: (A) "Trademark" means any word, name, symbol, device, or combination of any word, name, symbol, or device, that is adopted and used by a person to identify and distinguish the goods of that person, including a unique product, from the goods of other persons, and to indicate the source of the goods, even if that source is unknown. (B) "Service mark" means a...

...(A) As used in this chapter, "net indebtedness" means, as determined pursuant to this section, the principal amount of the outstanding securities of a subdivision less the amount held in a bond retirement fund to the extent such amount is not taken into account in determining the principal amount outstanding under division (AA) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this definition, the principal amou...

...used in this section, supplementing the definitions of the terms contained in section 133.01 of the Revised Code: (1) "Issuer" also includes any person issuing fractionalized interests in public obligations, an obligor, and, in the case of public obligations, the public issuer. (2) "Securities" also includes public obligations as defined in division (GG)(2) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code and fractionalized i...

...As used in sections 1332.01 to 1332.10 of the Revised Code: (A) "Applicable generally accepted accounting principles" means accounting principles and standards set forth in all applicable pronouncements of the governmental accounting standards board. (B) "Cable service," "cable system," "franchise," and "franchising authority" have the same meanings as in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," Pub. L. No. 104-104, T...

...As used in sections 1332.21 to 1332.34 of the Revised Code: (A) "Access to video service" means the capability of a video service provider to provide video service at a household address irrespective of whether a subscriber has ordered the service or whether the service is actually provided at that address. (B) "Basic local exchange service" has the same meaning as in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "...

...As used in sections 1333.05 to 1333.07 of the Revised Code: (A) "Theater" means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited regularly to the public for a charge. (B) "Distributor" means any person engaged in the business of renting, selling, or licensing motion pictures to exhibitors. (C) "Exhibitor" means any person engaged in the business of operating a theater in this state. (D) "Exhibit" or "exhi...

...As used in sections 1333.11 to 1333.21 of the Revised Code: (A) "Cost to the retailer" means the invoice cost of cigarettes to the retailer, or the replacement cost of cigarettes to the retailer within thirty days prior to the date of sale, in the quantity last purchased, whichever is lower, less all trade discounts except customary discounts for cash, to which shall be added the cost of doing business by the retai...

...As used in sections 1333.29 to 1333.31 of the Revised Code: (A) "Molder" means any person, including, but not limited to, a tool or die maker, who does either of the following: (1) Fabricates, casts, or otherwise makes, or improves, a die, mold, pattern, or form to produce plastic, metal, paper, china, ceramic, glass, or rubber products; (2) Uses a die, mold, pattern, or form to manufacture, assemble, or otherwise...

...As used in sections 1333.35 to 1333.37, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Additional merchandise" means all goods, wares, and merchandise not part of bankruptcy or receivership proceedings. (B) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or any unincorporated organization. (C) "Bankruptcy sale" or "receiver's sale" means any offer to sell to the public, or sale to the public of goods, w...

...As used in sections 1333.61 to 1333.69 of the Revised Code, unless the context requires otherwise: (A) "Improper means" includes theft, bribery, misrepresentation, breach or inducement of a breach of a duty to maintain secrecy, or espionage through electronic or other means. (B) "Misappropriation" means any of the following: (1) Acquisition of a trade secret of another by a person who knows or has reason to know t...

...As used in sections 1333.82 to 1333.87 of the Revised Code: (A) "Alcoholic beverages" means beer and wine as defined in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Manufacturer" means a person, whether located in this state or elsewhere, that manufactures or supplies alcoholic beverages to distributors in this state. (C) "Distributor" means a person that sells or distributes alcoholic beverages to retail permit hold...