N.Y. General Business Law § 856: Definitions

§ 856. Definitions. As used in this article:

(1) Merchant means a person who deals in the sale of Torah scrolls in

the ordinary course of business.

(2) Torah scroll means an edition of the Pentateuch hand-written on

parchment.

(3) Person means any individual, partnership, corporation,

association, religious corporation, house of worship, however organized,

or other entity.

(4) Written instrument means a written or printed agreement, bill of

sale, invoice, certificate of authenticity or any other document

describing, pursuant to section eight hundred fifty-nine of this

article, the Torah scroll which is to be sold, exchanged, donated,

consigned, or otherwise transferred, by a merchant.