Terms Used In CFR > Title 22 > Chapter II > Part 228 > Subpart C - Conditions Governing the Eligibility of Commodity-Related Services for Usaid Financing

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• In forma pauperis: In the manner of a pauper. Permission given to a person to sue without payment of court fees on claim of indigence or poverty.
• 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.
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• source: means the country from which the commodity was shipped to the free port or bonded warehouse. See 22 CFR 228.01
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.