2006 New York Code - Definitions.

 
    § 359. Definitions.  The following words and phrases when used in this
  article shall, for the purpose  of  this  article,  have  the  following
  meanings: (a) The singular shall include the plural; the masculine shall
  include the feminine and neuter, as requisite.
    (b) Commissioner. The commissioner of motor vehicles of this state.
    (c)  Department. The department of motor vehicles of this state acting
  directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents.
    (d)  Person.   Shall   include   individuals,   firms,   partnerships,
  associations, corporations, receivers, referees, trustees, assignees for
  the  benefit  of  creditors;  executors  and  administrators;  and shall
  include the owner of any motor  vehicle  as  requisite;  but  shall  not
  include the state or any political subdivision thereof.
    (g)  Owner.  A person who holds the legal title of a motor vehicle; or
  in the event a motor vehicle is subject to a security interest, or lease
  with the right of purchase upon performance of conditions stated in  the
  lease  and with an immediate right of possession vested in the debtor or
  lessee, then such debtor or lessee shall be deemed  the  owner  for  the
  purpose of this act.
    (h)  Insured. The person in whose name there is issued a motor vehicle
  liability policy, as defined in  this  article,  and  any  other  person
  insured under the terms of such policy.
    (i)  Judgment.  Any  judgment, except a judgment rendered against this
  state or any political subdivision thereof or any municipality  therein,
  which  shall  have become final by expiration without appeal of the time
  within which appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmance on
  appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state,  any
  province of Canada, the Dominion of Canada, the District of Columbia, or
  the United States.
    (j) Non-resident. Every person who is not a resident of this state.
    (k)  Motor  vehicle. As used in this article, the term "motor vehicle"
  shall be defined as in section one hundred twenty-five of this  chapter,
  except  that  it shall also include trailers, semi-trailers and tractors
  other than tractors used  exclusively  for  agricultural  purposes,  and
  shall   exclude  fire  and  police  vehicles,  self-propelled  combines,
  self-propelled  corn  and  hay  harvesting   machines,   tractors   used
  exclusively  for agricultural purposes and self-propelled caterpillar or
  crawler-type equipment while being operated on the contract site.