Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 38 > Part IV > Chapter 63 > Subchapter II - Other Outreach Programs and Activities

• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• institution of higher education: has the meaning given the term in section 1001(a) of this title. See 20 USC 9802
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Education. See 20 USC 9802
• State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.