Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 26 > Chapter 18 - Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Children: includes children by birth and by adoption. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
• written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2