Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 15.2 > Subtitle II > Chapter 21 > Article 2.1 - . Disconnection Provisions for Public Utilities.

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Carrier: means a person who operates or causes to be operated a commercial highway vehicle on any highway in the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 58.1-2700
• City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles, acting through its officers and agents. See Virginia Code 58.1-2700
• 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.
• IFTA: means the International Fuel Tax Agreement, as entered into by the Department, and as amended by the International Fuel Tax Association, Inc. See Virginia Code 58.1-2700
• Licensee: means a carrier who holds an uncancelled IFTA license issued by the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 58.1-2700
• Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
• Motor carrier: means every person, firm or corporation who owns or operates or causes to be operated on any highway in this Commonwealth any qualified highway vehicle. See Virginia Code 58.1-2700
• Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
• Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
• utility: means a public utility that is owned or operated by a locality of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 15.2-2121.1