§ 114-1 Creation of Department of Justice under supervision of Attorney General
§ 114-1.1 Common-law powers
§ 114-2 Duties
§ 114-2.1 Consent judgments
§ 114-2.2 Consent judgments
§ 114-2.3 Use of private counsel limited
§ 114-2.4 Settlement agreements
§ 114-2.4A Disposition of funds received by the State or a State agency from a settlement or other final order or judgment of the court
§ 114-2.5 Attorney General to report payment of public monies pursuant to settlement agreements and final court orders
§ 114-2.5A Report by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit required annually
§ 114-2.5B Annual report on grant funds received or preapproved for receipt
§ 114-2.6 Attorney General to report on pending lawsuits in which State is a party
§ 114-3 To devote whole time to duties
§ 114-4 Assistants; compensation; assignments
§ 114-4.2 Assistant attorneys general and other attorneys to assist Department of Transportation
§ 114-4.2A Assistant attorney general assigned to State Insurance Department
§ 114-4.2B Employment of attorney for University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill
§ 114-4.2C Employment of attorney for the Real Estate Commission
§ 114-4.2F Designation of attorney specializing in the law of the handicapped
§ 114-4.4 Deputy attorneys general
§ 114-5 Additional clerical help
§ 114-6 Duties of Attorney General as to civil litigation
§ 114-6.1 Biannual reporting on attorney activity
§ 114-7 Salary of the Attorney General
§ 114-8.1 Attorney General interns
§ 114-8.2 Charges for legal services
§ 114-8.3 Attorney General/General Counsel; review certain contracts
§ 114-8.4 Legislative assistance to agencies and local governments
§ 114-8.5 Itemized billing for legal services provided to State agencies
§ 114-8.6 Designation of State Crime Laboratory as Internet Crimes Against Children affiliated agency
§ 114-8.7 Reports of animal cruelty and animal welfare violations

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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 114 > Article 1 - Attorney General

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. Source: OCC
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • 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.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.