Terms Used In Florida Statutes > Chapter 82 - Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Affordable housing bonds: means multifamily affordable housing bonds and single-family affordable housing bonds. See Florida Statutes 159.803
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• bond: means any bond which requires an allocation pursuant to…. See Florida Statutes 159.803
• Carryforward confirmation: means a confirmation for a project that qualifies for a carryforward pursuant to…. See Florida Statutes 159.803
• Code: means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and rulings issued thereunder. See Florida Statutes 159.803
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Confirmation: means the conditional allocation of a portion of the state volume limitation to an issuer, made pursuant to a timely filed notice of intent to issue, which is contingent upon the issuer's timely filing of an issuance report. See Florida Statutes 159.803
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Division: means the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration. See Florida Statutes 159.803
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Final certification of allocation: means the certification issued by the division following the timely filing of an issuance report which establishes the final amount of state volume limitation allocated to an issuer for an issuance of private activity bonds as required in…. See Florida Statutes 159.803
• Forcible entry: means entering into and taking possession of real property with force, in a manner that is not peaceable, easy, or open, even if such entry is authorized by a person entitled to possession of the real property and the possession is only temporary or applies only to a portion of the real property. See Florida Statutes 82.01
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Issuance report: means the form containing the information described in…. See Florida Statutes 159.803
• Issuer: means the State of Florida, any governmental unit, a housing finance authority, an industrial development authority, or any other entity in this state authorized to issue private activity bonds. See Florida Statutes 159.803
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• minor: includes any person who has not attained the age of 18 years. See Florida Statutes 1.01
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Notice of intent to issue: means the form containing the information described in…. See Florida Statutes 159.803
• person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Real property: means land or any existing permanent or temporary building or structure thereon, and any attachments generally held out for the use of persons in possession of the real property. See Florida Statutes 82.01
• Record titleholder: means a person who holds title to real property as evidenced by an instrument recorded in the public records of the county in which the real property is located. See Florida Statutes 82.01
• State volume limitation: means the maximum amount of private activity bonds which may be issued in this state during each calendar year as such limit is imposed by…. See Florida Statutes 159.803
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Unlawful detention: means possessing real property, even if the possession is temporary or applies only to a portion of the real property, without the consent of a person entitled to possession of the real property or after the withdrawal of consent by such person. See Florida Statutes 82.01
• Unlawful entry: means the entry into and possessing of real property, even if the possession is temporary or for a portion of the real property, when such entry is not authorized by law or consented to by a person entitled to possession of the real property. See Florida Statutes 82.01
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• writing: includes handwriting, printing, typewriting, and all other methods and means of forming letters and characters upon paper, stone, wood, or other materials. See Florida Statutes 1.01