For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(a) Excluded. For the purpose of this article, no coin operated device or devices shall be construed to be a store.
(b) General store. The term “general store” means any store or stores or any mercantile establishment or establishments in which goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind is purchased, ordered, sold or offered for sale either at retail or wholesale.
(c) Person
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The term “person” means any group or combination acting as a unit, individual, committee, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, partnership, co- partnership, joint venture, association, trust, firm, or corporation, either domestic or foreign, which is controlled or directed by one management or association of ultimate management.
(d) Special store
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The term “special store” means any store or stores of any mercantile establishment or establishments, in which goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind, except cigarettes, tobacco products, and soft drinks, are purchased, ordered, sold, or offered for sale, either at retail or wholesale, and which contains no coin- operated device, or devices, owned and operated by the store proprietor.
(1977 Code 5-301.)