Terms Used In New York Laws > Vehicle and Traffic > Title 5 > Article 19-B - Special Requirements For Commercial Motor Carriers

• Commercial driver: shall mean every person who is self-employed or employed by a commercial motor carrier and who drives a commercial motor vehicle for hire or profit. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 509-P
• Commercial motor carrier: shall mean any person, corporation, or entity, who directs one or more commercial motor vehicles and who operates a commercial motor vehicle wholly within or partly within and partly without this state in connection with the operation or administration of any business. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 509-P
• Commercial motor vehicle: shall mean a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles having a gross combination weight rating of more than ten thousand pounds used in commerce to transport property and it shall include a tow truck with a gross vehicle weight rating of at least eighty-six hundred pounds. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 509-P
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• GVWR: shall mean the weight of a vehicle consisting of the unladen weight and the maximum carrying capacity recommended by the manufacturer of such vehicle. See N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law 509-P
• 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.
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.