{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-856","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. General Business Law § 856","heading":"Definitions","body":"§ 856. Definitions. As used in this article:\n  (1) Merchant means a person who deals in the sale of Torah scrolls in\nthe ordinary course of business.\n  (2) Torah scroll means an edition of the Pentateuch hand-written on\nparchment.\n  (3) Person means any individual, partnership, corporation,\nassociation, religious corporation, house of worship, however organized,\nor other entity.\n  (4) Written instrument means a written or printed agreement, bill of\nsale, invoice, certificate of authenticity or any other document\ndescribing, pursuant to section eight hundred fifty-nine of this\narticle, the Torah scroll which is to be sold, exchanged, donated,\nconsigned, or otherwise transferred, by a merchant.","path":["General Business Law","Article 39-A. Merchants of Torah Scrolls"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/GBS/856","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"caa7807c16ccd9be6893ba81dcce1e5d7d6c29d423676e4f5830a78b7806abf5","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-855","next":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-857"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}