Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 388 - Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Act

• administrator: means the administrator of veterans affairs or his successor. See Kentucky Statutes 388.190
• 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.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• benefits: shall mean all moneys paid or payable by the United
  States through the Veterans Affairs. See Kentucky Statutes 388.190
• Certified mail: means any method of governmental, commercial, or electronic delivery that allows a document or package to have proof of:
  (a) Sending the document or package. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• court: means the District Court of the county of the beneficiary's residence. See Kentucky Statutes 388.190
• 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.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• 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.
• income: shall include only moneys received by the guardian or conservator from the Veterans Affairs, all earnings, interest and profits derived therefrom and all property acquired therewith. See Kentucky Statutes 388.190
• 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.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• person: includes a partnership, corporation or an association. See Kentucky Statutes 388.190
• Personal estate: includes chattels, real and other estate that passes to the personal representative upon the owner dying intestate. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• 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.
• 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
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Veterans Affairs: means the United States Department of Veterans
  Affairs, its predecessors or successors. See Kentucky Statutes 388.190
• ward: means a beneficiary of the Veterans Affairs. See Kentucky Statutes 388.190
• Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010