Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 246 - Department of Agriculture

• Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
• Agriculture: means the business of raising or producing:
  (a) Crops, the products of which are used for food, feed, fiber, energy, or pharmaceuticals. See Kentucky Statutes 246.010
• Animal: includes every warm-blooded living creature except a human being. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• any other state: includes any state, territory, outlying possession, the District of Columbia, and any foreign government or country. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Aquaculture: means the science, art, and business of producing and raising aquatic organisms under controlled or semicontrolled conditions. See Kentucky Statutes 246.010
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the state Board of Agriculture. See Kentucky Statutes 246.010
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture. See Kentucky Statutes 246.010
• Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the Department of Agriculture. See Kentucky Statutes 246.010
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Domestic: when applied to a corporation, partnership, business trust, or limited liability company, means all those incorporated or formed by authority of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• 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.
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Horticulture: means the business of raising fruits, nuts, vegetables, flowers, ornamental plants, shrubs, trees, herbs, and the starts or transplants needed to produce these items. See Kentucky Statutes 246.010
• 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}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Livestock: means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, llamas, buffaloes, or any other animals of the bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, or equine species, deer and elk, whose regulatory requirements are under KRS Chapters 150 and 246, that are privately owned and raised in a confined area for breeding stock, food, fiber, and other products. See Kentucky Statutes 246.010
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Poultry: means chickens, ducks, turkeys, or other domestic fowl being raised or kept on any premises in the Commonwealth for profit. See Kentucky Statutes 246.010
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• 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.
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• 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
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010