Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 259 - Strays and Animals Running At Large

• Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Animal: includes every warm-blooded living creature except a human being. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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.
• 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.
• Local government: means any city, county, urban-county, charter county, consolidated local government, or unified local government. See Kentucky Statutes 259.105
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Stray cattle: means any animal of the bovine, ovine, porcine, or caprine species for which the owner is no longer claiming ownership or for which the owner cannot be determined, but not including any member of the equine species. See Kentucky Statutes 259.105
• Stray equine: means any animal of the equine species for which the owner is no longer claiming ownership or for which the owner cannot be determined. See Kentucky Statutes 259.105