Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > Tuberculosis Detection and Prevention Act

• Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• 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.
• Assessment: means the act of listing the description of all real property and taxable tangible personal property, determining its taxability, determining its taxable value, and placing it on the assessment roll. See Nebraska Statutes 77-126
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County assessor: includes an elected or appointed county assessor or a county clerk who is an ex officio county assessor. See Nebraska Statutes 77-115
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• 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.
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Grantee: shall include every person to whom any estate or interest passes in or by any conveyance. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Grantee shall: include every person to whom any estate or interest passes in or by any conveyance. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• Process: shall mean a summons, subpoena, or notice to appear issued out of a court in the course of judicial proceedings. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Purchase: shall include taking by sale, discount, negotiation, or any other transaction for value creating an interest in property except liens. See Nebraska Statutes 77-122
• 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
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801