Terms Used In CFR > Title 20 > Chapter V > Part 686 > Subpart D - Recruitment, Eligibility, Screening, Selection and Assignment, and Enrollment

• 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.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• CBP: means U. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Center director: means the person who manages their designated Center and is responsible for certain trade decisions and functions concerning that Center and the importers that are processed by that Center. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Claim for preferential tariff treatment: means a claim that a good is entitled to the duty rate applicable under the BFTA to an originating good or other good specified in the BFTA, and to an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

  (c) Customs Valuation Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.802

• Country: means the political entity known as a nation. See 19 CFR 134.1
• Days: means calendar days;

  (f) Enterprise. See 19 CFR 10.802

• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Duties: means Customs duties and any internal revenue taxes which attach upon importation. See 19 CFR 101.1
• 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.
• Exportation: means a severance of goods from the mass of things belonging to this country with the intention of uniting them to the mass of things belonging to some foreign country. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Good: means any merchandise, product, article, or material;

  (j) Harmonized System. See 19 CFR 10.802

• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Heading: means the first four digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

  (l) HTSUS. See 19 CFR 10.802

• HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.802
• Importer: means the person primarily liable for the payment of any duties on the merchandise, or an authorized agent acting on his behalf. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Originating: means a good qualifying under the rules of origin set forth in General Note 30, HTSUS, and BFTA Chapter Three (Textiles and apparel) or Chapter Four (Rules of Origin);

  (n) Party. See 19 CFR 10.802

• Party: means the United States or the Kingdom of Bahrain;

  (o) Person. See 19 CFR 10.802

• Person: means a natural person or an enterprise;

  (p) Preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.802

• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Preferential tariff treatment: means the duty rate applicable under the BFTA to an originating good and an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

  (q) Subheading. See 19 CFR 10.802

• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Shipment: means the merchandise described on the bill of lading or other document used to file or support entry, or in the oral declaration when applicable. See 19 CFR 101.1
• Subheading: means the first six digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

  (r) Textile or apparel good. See 19 CFR 10.802

• Territory: means :

  (1) With respect to Bahrain, the territory of Bahrain as well as the maritime areas, seabed, and subsoil over which Bahrain exercises, in accordance with international law, sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction; and

  (2) With respect to the United States,

  (i) The customs territory of the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico,

  (ii) The foreign trade zones located in the United States and Puerto Rico, and

  (iii) Any areas beyond the territorial seas of the United States within which, in accordance with international law and its domestic law, the United States may exercise rights with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources; and

  (t) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.802

• Textile or apparel good: means a good listed in the Annex to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (commonly referred to as "the ATC"), which is part of the WTO Agreement;

  (s) Territory. See 19 CFR 10.802

• United States: includes all territories and possessions of the United States, except the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, Johnston Island, and the island of Guam. See 19 CFR 134.1