Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 115A > WASTE TIRES, BATTERIES, AND USED OIL

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Basic system services: means services offered by all regional public library systems either directly or by contract. See Minnesota Statutes 134.001
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• cities: means home rule and statutory cities unless specifically provided otherwise. See Minnesota Statutes 134.001
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• 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.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Majority: means with respect to an individual the period of time after the individual reaches the age of 18. See Minnesota Statutes 645.451
• Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and "year" is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• 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.
• Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Public library: means any library that provides free access to all residents of a city or county without discrimination, receives at least half of its financial support from public funds and is organized under the provisions of this chapter. See Minnesota Statutes 134.001
• Public library services: means services provided by or on behalf of a public library. See Minnesota Statutes 134.001
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Regional public library district: means a governmental unit formed according to this chapter to operate multicounty public library services. See Minnesota Statutes 134.001
• Regional public library system: means a multicounty public library service agency that provides free access to all residents of the region without discrimination, and is organized under the provisions of this chapter or chapter 317A, or section 471. See Minnesota Statutes 134.001
• state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Tax: means any fee, charge, exaction, or assessment imposed by a governmental entity on an individual, person, entity, transaction, good, service, or other thing. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.