17 CFR § 260.0-1 - Application of definitions contained in the act.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t17/s260.0-1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "17 CFR § 260.0-1 - Application of definitions contained in the act."
title_number: 17
title_name: "Commodity and Securities Exchanges"
section_number: "260.0-1"
section_name: "Application of definitions contained in the act."
chapter_name: "SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION"
part_number: "260"
part_name: "GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS, TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 77c, 77ddd, 77eee, 77ggg, 77nnn, 77sss, 78 (d), 80b-3, 80b-4, and 80b-11, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "5 FR 293, Jan. 25, 1940, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "260"
---


# 260.0-1 Application of definitions contained in the act.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in the act shall, when used in the rules and regulations, have the respective meanings given in the act.