Is my Leopard DVD single use or family pack?

I bought Leopard for my laptop many months ago. I want to upgrade 3 home machines from Panther but cannot remember for a facrt whether I purchased family or not. I have the DVD and a manual but it does not say (or show a license key, did I have one of those, perhaps on the DVD case?).
Is there a way to determine if this is family pack from the part number?

What I sent are Apple's order numbers. I have no other information as I do not my Leopard disc with me.
If you remember paying $129 for it then it's not the Family Pak.

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