Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 18C > Article 2 - North Carolina State Lottery Commission

• bid: means a written or oral offer or proposal by an exhibitor to a distributor, in response to an invitation to bid for the right to exhibit a motion picture, stating the terms under which the exhibitor will agree to exhibit a motion picture. See North Carolina General Statutes 75C-2
• Commission: means the North Carolina State Lottery Commission. See North Carolina General Statutes 18C-103
• 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.
• Director: means the person selected by the Commission to be the chief administrator of the North Carolina State Lottery. See North Carolina General Statutes 18C-103
• distributor: means any person engaged in the business of distributing or supplying motion pictures to exhibitors by rental or licensing. See North Carolina General Statutes 75C-2
• exhibition: means showing a motion picture to the public for a charge. See North Carolina General Statutes 75C-2
• exhibitor: means any person engaged in the business of operating one or more theatres. See North Carolina General Statutes 75C-2
• 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
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Lottery: means any lottery game or series of games established and operated pursuant to this Chapter. See North Carolina General Statutes 18C-103
• Lottery contractor: means a person other than a lottery retailer with whom the Commission has contracted for the purpose of providing goods or services to the Commission on an ongoing basis. See North Carolina General Statutes 18C-103
• lottery game: means any procedure or amusement authorized by the Commission where prizes are distributed among persons who have paid, or unconditionally agreed to pay, for tickets or shares that provide the opportunity to win those prizes and does not utilize a video gaming machine as defined in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 18C-103
• lottery potential contractor: means any person other than a lottery retailer who submits a bid, proposal, or offer to procure a contract for goods or services for the Commission on an ongoing basis. See North Carolina General Statutes 18C-103
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• person: includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, societies, trusts, or corporations. See North Carolina General Statutes 75C-2
• Person: means any natural person or corporation, limited liability company, trust, association, partnership, joint venture, subsidiary, or other business entity. See North Carolina General Statutes 18C-103
• 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.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• run: means the continuous exhibition of a motion picture in a defined geographic area for a specified period of time. See North Carolina General Statutes 75C-2
• 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
• United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3