Terms Used In CFR > Title 30 > Chapter I > Subchapter I - Accidents, Injuries, Illnesses, Employment, and Production in Mines

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• 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.
• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
• Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
• Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
• restricted property: as used in this part does not include the restricted lands of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma or the Osage Nation. See 43 CFR 30.101