Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 54C > Article 10 - Savings Bank Interstate Branches

• 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.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Branch: means a full service office of a savings bank through which it renders a savings bank service other than its principal office. See North Carolina General Statutes 54C-200
• Commission: means the State Banking Commission. See North Carolina General Statutes 54C-200
• 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
• Home state: means (i) as to a state-chartered savings bank, the state which granted the savings bank its charter, and (ii) as to a federal savings bank, the state in which the savings bank has its principal office. See North Carolina General Statutes 54C-200
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• Savings bank: means a state savings bank or a federal savings bank, unless limited by use of the words "State" or "federal". See North Carolina General Statutes 54C-200
• 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 savings bank: means a depository institution chartered under the laws of this State. See North Carolina General Statutes 54C-200
• Supervisor: means the state savings bank supervisor or equivalent state official having primary regulatory authority over an out-of-state savings bank. See North Carolina General Statutes 54C-200
• United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3