Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > Relocation Assistance Act

• Acquire: when used in connection with a grant of power or property right to any person shall include the purchase, grant, gift, devise, bequest, and obtaining by eminent domain. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Agency: shall mean (1) any department, agency, or instrumentality of (a) the State of Nebraska, (b) any political subdivision of the State of Nebraska, (c) any combination of states which includes the State of Nebraska, (d) any combination of political subdivisions, either of the State of Nebraska alone or of the State of Nebraska and any other state or states acting in combination, and (2) any person who has the authority to acquire property by eminent domain under state law. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1217
• 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.
• Business: shall mean any lawful activity, except a farm operation, conducted primarily (1) for the purchase, sale, lease, or rental of personal or real property or for the manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, or any other personal property, (2) for the sale of services to the public, (3) by a nonprofit organization, or (4) solely for the purposes of sections Nebraska Statutes 76-1219
• Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Comparable replacement dwelling: shall mean any dwelling that is (1) decent, safe, and sanitary, (2) adequate in size to accommodate the occupants, (3) within the financial means of the displaced person, (4) functionally equivalent to the dwelling that the displaced person is required to leave, (5) in an area not subject to unreasonable adverse environmental conditions, and (6) in a location not less desirable than the location of the displaced person's dwelling with respect to public utilities, facilities, services, and the displaced person's place of employment. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1220
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Displacing agency: shall mean (1) any agency carrying out a publicly financed project which causes an individual to become a displaced person and (2) any person lacking the power of eminent domain who carries out a publicly financed project when that project causes an individual to be a displaced person. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1222
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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.
• Farm operation: shall mean any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities, including timber, for sale or home use and customarily producing such products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1223
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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.
• 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.
• Lead agency: shall mean the Nebraska Department of Transportation. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1224
• 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.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• 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.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: shall mean any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1226
• Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Person shall: include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Publicly financed project: shall mean any project undertaken by an agency in which any part of the cost is to be paid (1) from funds derived from federal, state, or local taxes of any type, (2) by revenue or general obligation bonds issued by the agency, or (3) from funds derived by the agency from the sale of products or services in a proprietary capacity. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1227
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• United States shall: include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• within the financial: means of the displaced person, (4) functionally equivalent to the dwelling that the displaced person is required to leave, (5) in an area not subject to unreasonable adverse environmental conditions, and (6) in a location not less desirable than the location of the displaced person's dwelling with respect to public utilities, facilities, services, and the displaced person's place of employment. See Nebraska Statutes 76-1220
• Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801