Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 35 > ENFORCEMENT

• Agricultural use: means the production of livestock, dairy animals, dairy products, poultry or poultry products, fur-bearing animals, horticultural or nursery stock, fruit, vegetables, forage, grains, timber, trees, or bees and apiary products. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• controls: has the meaning given in section 394. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• date of application: means the date the application is determined to be complete by the county. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.10
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Development: means the subdivision and partitioning of land or the construction of residences on land or the conversion to competing land uses. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• District: means a soil and water conservation district. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• domestic animals: include poultry. See Minnesota Statutes 35.01
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• Majority: means with respect to an individual the period of time after the individual reaches the age of 18. See Minnesota Statutes 645.451
• Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• preserve: means a preserve created under this chapter. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44