Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 4722 - Home Construction Service Suppliers

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bond: includes an undertaking. See Ohio Code 1.02
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Cost-plus contract: means a contract entered into between an owner and a home construction service supplier under which payment to the supplier is based on the cost of a product plus the supplier's rate for labor to install the product plus an agreed percentage of profit or a stipulated fee. See Ohio Code 4722.01
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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.
• Home construction service: means the construction of a residential building. See Ohio Code 4722.01
• Home construction service contract: means a contract between an owner and a supplier to perform home construction services, including services rendered based on a cost-plus contract, for an amount exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars. See Ohio Code 4722.01
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Owner: means the person who contracts with a home construction service supplier. See Ohio Code 4722.01
• Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• Residential building: means a one-, two-, or three-family dwelling and any accessory construction incidental to the dwelling. See Ohio Code 4722.01
• Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
• state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• supplier: means a person who contracts with an owner to provide home construction services for compensation and who maintains in force a general liability insurance policy in an amount of not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars. See Ohio Code 4722.01
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Undertaking: includes a bond. See Ohio Code 1.02
• Workmanlike manner: means the home construction service supplier has engaged in construction that meets or exceeds the minimum quantifiable standards promulgated by the Ohio home builders association. See Ohio Code 4722.01