Section 28-4031 - DefinitionsIn this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Declared gross weight" has the meaning prescribed in section 28-5431. If a declaration has not been made, declared gross weight means gross weight.2. "Gross weight" has the meaning prescribed in section 28-5431.3. "Person" means: (a) An owner or operator of a motor vehicle or vehicle combination subject to the financial responsibility requirements of this article.(b) For taxis, limousines, sedans or executive sedans, the person listed on the department's records as the owner of the vehicle.4. "Public highway" means any way or place of whatever nature and of any kind that is used or open to the use by the public as a matter of right for the purpose of vehicular travel, including a highway under construction.5. "Vehicle combination" has the meaning prescribed in section 28-5431.