Terms Used In CFR > Title 27 > Chapter II > Subchapter B - Firearms and Ammunition

• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• affected source: as used in this part , is separate and distinct from any other use of that term in EPA regulations such as those implementing title IV of the Act. See 40 CFR 63.2
• Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Chambers: A judge's office.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• incinerator: means "regenerative thermal oxidizer". See 40 CFR 63.1381
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• IPCT: means any cooling tower that is used to remove heat that is produced as an input or output of a chemical or industrial process(es), as well as any cooling tower that cools industrial processes in combination with any heating, ventilation, or air conditioning system. See 40 CFR 63.401
• Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
• Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• machine gun: includes a bump-stock-type device, i. See 27 CFR 478.11
• machine gun: includes a bump-stock-type device, i. See 27 CFR 479.11
• machinegun: includes a bump-stock-type device, i. See 27 CFR 447.11
• Markup: The process by which congressional committees and subcommittees debate, amend, and rewrite proposed legislation.
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Probate: Proving a will
• single function of the trigger: means a single pull of the trigger and analogous motions. See 27 CFR 447.11
• single function of the trigger: means a single pull of the trigger and analogous motions. See 27 CFR 478.11
• source: shall mean "control device. See 40 CFR 63.1251
• terrorism: means activity, directed against United States persons, which—

  (a) Is committed by an individual who is not a national or permanent resident alien of the United States;

  (b) Involves violent acts or acts dangerous to human life which would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States; and

  (c) Is intended—

  (1) To intimidate or coerce a civilian population;

  (2) To influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or

  (3) To affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping. See 27 CFR 478.11

• you: as used in this part 108 means a NMVC Company unless otherwise noted. See 13 CFR 108.40