Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 19 > Article 28 - Parks, Museums, Lakes and Recreational Grounds

• 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.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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.
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Board: means the board of county commissioners of an urban area county;

  (d) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, joint venture or other association of persons;

  (e) "Hotel, motel or tourist court" means any structure, or building, under one management, which contains rooms furnished for the accommodation or lodging of guests, with or without meals being so provided, and kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public as a place where sleeping accommodations are sought for pay or compensation to transient guests or permanent guests and having more than eight (8) bedrooms furnished for the accommodation of such guests;

  (f) "Transient guest" means a person who occupies a room in a hotel, motel or tourist court for* more than thirty-one (31) days;

  (g) "Cafe, cafeteria, lunchroom and restaurant" means any premises, or any part thereof, in which food is prepared or further processed, and thereafter either is sold at retail to the general public by a person licensed by the state food service and lodging board or is furnished to the members and guests of a private club licensed pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 19-28,105

• city: shall mean any city of any class without regard to its status as a separate township, if such it be, and now or hereafter located within the area originally comprising either Shawnee or Mission townships in Johnson county, Kansas, at the time such township was established;

  (b) the term "Mission township" shall mean the entire area as originally established, outside incorporated cities and within incorporated cities of any class;

  (c) the term "Shawnee township" shall mean the entire area as originally established, outside incorporated cities and within incorporated cities of any class;

  (d) the terms "county commissioners" "county clerk" and "county treasurer" shall mean, respectively, board of county commissioners, county clerk and county treasurer of Johnson county;

  (e) the terms "board" or "park board" "board of commissioners" or "governing board" shall mean the park and recreation board of commissioners herein provided for;

  (f) the terms "district" "park district" and "park and recreation district" shall mean the Johnson county park and recreation district herein authorized to be created;

  (g) the word "park" shall mean not only park but also playground unless by the context playground is not included and the term "park system" shall include the parks and playgrounds of the district. See Kansas Statutes 19-2860

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• county: means any county designated an urban area by the legislature pursuant to section 17 of article 2 of the Kansas constitution;

  (b) "Authority" or "county sports authority" means any special authority created pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 19-28,105

• Deed: is a pplied to an instrument conveying lands but does not imply a sealed instrument. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Food: shall mean and include all articles commonly used for food or drink, including alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverages, as said terms are defined by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 19-28,105
• General election: refers to the election required to be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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.
• 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}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• 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.
• park system: shall include the parks and playgrounds of the district. See Kansas Statutes 19-2860
• 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.
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• road: include public bridges and may be construed to be equivalent to "county way" "county road" "common road" "state road" and "territorial road. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.