Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 176 > REHABILITATION

• 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.
• 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.
• Chair: includes chairman, chairwoman, and chairperson. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• 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
• Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.