Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 538a - Passenger Tramways

• 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.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Administrative Services. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-201
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Department: means the Department of Administrative Services. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-201
• 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.
• Operator: means a person who owns or controls the operation of a passenger tramway or ski area. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-201
• passenger tramway: includes the following: (A) Two-car aerial passenger tramways, which are devices used to transport passengers in two open or enclosed cars attached to, and suspended from, a moving wire rope, or attached to a moving wire rope and supported on a standing wire rope, or similar devices. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-201
• Restraint device: means a restraining bar on a passenger tramway, as defined in subparagraph (D) of subdivision (1) of this section, that does not yield to forward pressure by a skier. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-201
• Skier: includes the following: (A) A person utilizing the ski area under control of the operator for the purpose of skiing, whether or not he or she is utilizing a passenger tramway. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-201
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.