Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 14 > Article 51 - Protection of Athletic Contests

• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• 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.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• bribe: as used in this article , is meant any gift, emolument, money or thing of value, testimonial, privilege, appointment or personal advantage, or in the promise of either, bestowed or promised for the purpose of influencing, directly or indirectly, any player, referee, manager, coach, umpire, club or league official, to see which game an admission fee may be charged, or in which athletic contest any player, manager, coach, umpire, referee, or other official is paid any compensation for his services. See North Carolina General Statutes 14-376
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Employer: means the State of North Carolina and its departments, agencies and institutions. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.30
• Employer: means a county, city, town or other political subdivision of the State. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50
• 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}
• 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.
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• in writing: may be construed to include printing, engraving, lithographing, and any other mode of representing words and letters: Provided, that in all cases where a written signature is required by law, the same shall be in a proper handwriting, or in a proper mark. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Law-enforcement officer: means a full-time paid employee of an employer who is actively serving in a position with assigned primary duties and responsibilities for prevention and detection of crime or the general enforcement of the criminal laws of the State or serving civil processes, and who possesses the power of arrest by virtue of an oath administered under the authority of the State. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.30
• Law-enforcement officer: means a full-time paid employee of an employer, who possesses the power of arrest, who has taken the law enforcement oath administered under the authority of the State as prescribed by N. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Member: means an officer included in the membership of a retirement system including former officers no longer employed who also elected to leave their accumulated contributions on deposit with a Retirement System. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.30
• Member: means an officer included in the membership of a retirement system, including former officers no longer employed who also elected to leave their accumulated contributions on deposit with a Retirement System. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50
• month: shall be construed to mean a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Officer: means a "law-enforcement officer. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.30
• Officer: means a "law-enforcement officer. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50
• Participant: means an officer with an individual account with the Supplemental Retirement Income Plan. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.30
• person: shall mean any individual listed under subsection (a) or (b) of this section. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.13
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Regular accumulated contributions: means the sum of all contributions of a member made to the Retirement System, together with regular interest thereon, pursuant to N. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.30
• Retirement allowance: means annual payments for life payable in monthly installments continuing until the death of a beneficiary. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.30
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Special annuity account accumulated contributions: means the sum of all contributions of a member or an employer made to the Special Annuity Accounts for Members of the Law-Enforcement Officers' Retirement System, together with regular interest thereon, pursuant to N. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.30
• State: means the State of North Carolina. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.30
• State: means the State of North Carolina. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.50
• 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
• State Retirement System: means the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System of North Carolina provided for under Article 1 of Chapter 135 of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.30
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Supplemental Retirement Income Plan: means a plan created in conformance with Section 401(a), 401(k), or any other section of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-166.30
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.