Terms Used In CFR > Title 20 > Chapter V > Part 603 > Subpart B - Confidentiality and Disclosure Requirements

• amount: when used in regard to securities, means the principal amount if relating to evidences of indebtedness, the number of shares if relating to shares, and the number of units if relating to any other kind of security. See 17 CFR 240.12b-2
• 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.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• fuel oil: is a lso known as "oil fuel. See 33 CFR 151.05
• Oily mixture: includes , but is not limited to—

  (1) Slops from bilges;

  (2) Slops from oil cargoes (such as cargo tank washings, oily waste, and oily refuse);

  (3) Oil residue (sludge); and

  (4) Oily ballast water from cargo or fuel oil tanks. See 33 CFR 151.05

• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• share: means a share of stock in a corporation or unit of interest in an unincorporated person. See 17 CFR 240.12b-2
• statement: when used with reference to registration pursuant to section 12 of the act, includes both an application for registration of securities on a national securities exchange pursuant to section 12(b) of the act and a registration statement filed pursuant to section 12(g) of the act. See 17 CFR 240.12b-2
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.