South Carolina Code > Title 13 > Chapter 7 > Article 5 – Southern States Energy Compact
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| § 13-7-410 | Definitions |
| § 13-7-420 | Adoption of compact; terms |
Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 13 > Chapter 7 > Article 5 - Southern States Energy Compact
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Compact: means the Southern States Energy Compact;
(2) "Board" means the Southern States Energy Board. See South Carolina Code 13-7-410 - Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- 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.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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.
- 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.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
- 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.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
South Carolina Code > Title 13 > Chapter 7 > Article 5 – The Provisions of This Compact and of Any Supplementary Agreement Entered Into Hereunder Shall Be Severable and If Any Phrase, Clause, Sentence or Provisions of This Compact or Such Supplementary Agreement Is Declared to Be Contrary to the Constitution O
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| § 13-7-450 | Cooperation with Board |
| § 13-7-460 | Supplementary agreements not effective until funds appropriated |
Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 13 > Chapter 7 > Article 5 - The Provisions of This Compact and of Any Supplementary Agreement Entered Into Hereunder Shall Be Severable and If Any Phrase, Clause, Sentence or Provisions of This Compact or Such Supplementary Agreement Is Declared to Be Contrary to the Constitution O
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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.
- 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.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.