§ 156-1 Supplemental proceeding
§ 156-2 Petition filed; commissioners appointed
§ 156-3 Duty of commissioners
§ 156-4 Report and confirmation; easement acquired; exceptions
§ 156-5 Width of right-of-way for repairs
§ 156-6 Right of owner to fence; entry for repairs
§ 156-7 Earth for construction of dam; removal of dam
§ 156-8 Earth from canal removed or leveled
§ 156-9 No drain opened within 30 feet
§ 156-10 Right to drain into canal
§ 156-11 Expense of repairs apportioned
§ 156-12 Notice of making repairs
§ 156-13 Judgment against owner in default; lien
§ 156-14 Subsequent owners bound
§ 156-15 Amount of contribution for repair ascertained
§ 156-16 Petition by servient owner against dominant owner
§ 156-17 Commissioners to examine lands and make report
§ 156-18 Cost of repairs enforced by judgment
§ 156-19 Obstructing canal or ditch dug under agreement
§ 156-20 Right of dominant owner to repair
§ 156-21 Canal maintained for seven years presumed a necessity; drainage assessments declared liens
§ 156-22 Supplemental assessments to make up deficiency; vacancy appointments of assessment jurors
§ 156-23 Easement of drainage surrendered
§ 156-24 Obstructing drain cut by consent
§ 156-25 Protection of canals, ditches, and natural drains
§ 156-26 Procedure upon agreement
§ 156-27 Recovery for benefits; payment of damages
§ 156-28 Notice to landowners; assessments made by viewers
§ 156-29 Report filed; appeal and jury trial
§ 156-30 Confirmation of report
§ 156-31 Payment in installments
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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 156 > Article 1 - Jurisdiction in Clerk of Superior Court

  • 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.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • 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
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.