Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 235 - Boats and Boating

• 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.
• Animal: includes every warm-blooded living creature except a human being. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Cabinet: means the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• Clerk: means county clerk. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Fish and
  Wildlife Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Division of Law Enforcement: means the Division of Law Enforcement, Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources administratively attached to the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• 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.
• Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• 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}
• Marina: means a dock or basin providing moorings for motorboats and offering supply, repair, or other services for remuneration. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• Marine sanitation device: means equipment that is identified by the United States Coast Guard as meeting the standards of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or that is approved by the Energy and Environment Cabinet, to eliminate the discharge of untreated sewage from vessels into the waters of the Commonwealth and is a device that receives, treats, retains, or discharges sewage. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• Month: means calendar month. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Motorboat: means any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion, except for the following:
  (a) Boats or vessels propelled totally by a direct current battery-powered motor when used on private waters. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• 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.
• Operate: means to navigate or otherwise use a motorboat or a vessel. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a motorboat. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or
  other entity. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• Personal watercraft: means a vessel which uses an internal combustion engine to power a jet pump for its primary source of propulsion and is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel rather than to be operated by a person sitting or standing inside the vessel. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Safe boating certificate: means a document attesting the successful completion of instruction, approved by the department or given by the United States Coast Guard or Coast Guard Auxiliary or the United States Power Squadron, to prepare an individual to safely operate a motorboat or personal watercraft on the waters of the Commonwealth. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Title: means the certificate of title. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
  that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Vessel: means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• Violate: includes failure to comply with. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Waters of this state: means any waters within the territorial limits of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 235.010
• Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010