§ 121-1 Short title
§ 121-2 Definitions
§ 121-3 Name
§ 121-4 Powers and duties of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
§ 121-4.1 North Carolina Register of Historic Places
§ 121-5 Public records and archives
§ 121-5.1 State Historical Records Advisory Board
§ 121-6 Historical publications
§ 121-7 Historical museums
§ 121-7.1 Maritime Museum; disposition of artifacts
§ 121-7.2 Maritime Museum; branch museum
§ 121-7.3 Admission and related activity fees and operating hours
§ 121-7.4 Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
§ 121-7.5 Bentonville Battlefield Fund
§ 121-7.6 North Carolina Transportation Museum special fund
§ 121-7.7 State Historic Sites and Museums special fund
§ 121-8 Historic preservation program
§ 121-9 Historic properties
§ 121-9.1 Lake Mattamuskeet Lodge Preservation
§ 121-10 Security of historic properties
§ 121-11 Procedures where assistance extended to cities, counties, and other agencies or individuals
§ 121-12 North Carolina Historical Commission
§ 121-12.1 Grants-in-aid
§ 121-12.2 Procedures for preparing budget requests and expending appropriations for grants-in-aid
§ 121-13 Acquisition of portrait of Governor during term of office

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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 121 > Article 1 - General Provisions

  • Adjournment sine die: The end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of legislature.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • 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.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • 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
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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.
  • property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • 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.
  • seal: shall be construed to include an impression of such official seal, made upon the paper alone, as well as an impression made by means of a wafer or of wax affixed thereto. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • 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.
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.