Terms Used In New York Laws > Environmental Conservation > Article 38 - Chlorofluorocarbon Compounds

• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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}
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• state agency: shall mean the Palisades interstate park commission or the department of environmental conservation. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 13.03