Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 43-28.1 - Dentists' Loan Repayment Program

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• population: means the number of inhabitants as determined by the last preceding state or federal census. See North Dakota Code 1-01-47
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
• week: means seven consecutive days and the word "month" a calendar month. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33