Terms Used In Maryland Code > HUMAN SERVICES > Title 9 > Subtitle 3 - Interstate Compact for Juveniles

• Administrator: includes an executor and a personal representative. See
• Adult: means an individual at least 18 years old. See
• 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.
• Bylaws: means those bylaws established by the Interstate Commission for its governance, or for directing or controlling its actions or conduct. See
• Commissioner: means the voting representative of each compacting state appointed pursuant to Article III of this Compact. See
• Compact Administrator: means the individual in each compacting state appointed pursuant to the terms of this Compact responsible for the administration and management of the state's supervision and transfer of juveniles subject to the terms of this Compact, the rules adopted by the Interstate Commission, and policies adopted by the State Council under this Compact. See
• Compacting state: means any state which has enacted the enabling legislation for this Compact. See
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Court: means any court having jurisdiction over delinquent, neglected, or dependent children. See
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Deputy compact administrator: means the individual, if any, in each compacting state appointed to act on behalf of a Compact Administrator pursuant to the terms of this Compact responsible for the administration and management of the state's supervision and transfer of juveniles subject to the terms of this Compact, the rules adopted by the Interstate Commission, and policies adopted by the State Council under this Compact. See
• 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.
• 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.
• including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
• Interstate Commission: means the Interstate Commission for Juveniles created by Article III of this Compact. See
• 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.
• Juvenile: includes :
  
  (i) an accused delinquent or person charged with an offense that, if committed by an adult, would be a criminal offense;
  
  (ii) an adjudicated delinquent or person found to have committed an offense that, if committed by an adult, would be a criminal offense;
  
  (iii) an accused status offender or person charged with an offense that would not be a criminal offense if committed by an adult;
  
  (iv) an adjudicated status offender or person found to have committed an offense that would not be a criminal offense if committed by an adult; or
  
  (v) a nonoffender or person in need of supervision who has not been accused or adjudicated a status offender or delinquent. See
• 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}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Rule: includes the amendment, repeal, or suspension of an existing rule. See
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia or its designee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U. See
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.