Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 15 > Chapter 5 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• 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.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Automatic location identification: means an enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of information. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Automatic number identification: means an enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of the seven-digit number used to place a 911 call. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Board: means the board of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Call: means any information, written communication, video, data, or voice that is delivered to the PSAP initiating an emergency response. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Certification: means conforming to the regulations of the Council. See South Carolina Code 23-43-20
• Committee: means the South Carolina 911 Advisory Committee. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Communications service: means a service capable of accessing, connecting with, or interfacing with a 911 system by dialing, initializing, or otherwise activating the system exclusively through the digits 911 by means of a local telephone device or wireless communications device. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Council: means the South Carolina Building Codes Council as established by § 6-9-60. See South Carolina Code 23-43-20
• Customer: means the local government subscribing to 911 service from a service supplier. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Revenue. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• ESInet: means an Emergency Services IP Network. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Exchange access facility: means the access from a particular telephone subscriber's premises to the telephone system of a service supplier. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fees: means monies to be paid to the council from any person engaged in the manufacture, inspection, or installation of modular building units. See South Carolina Code 23-43-20
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Installation: means the assembly of modular building structures on-site and the process of affixing modular buildings related components to land, a foundation, footings, utilities, or an existing building. See South Carolina Code 23-43-20
• 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Local government: means any political subdivision of the State with authority to establish standards and requirements applicable to the construction, installation, alteration, and repair of buildings. See South Carolina Code 23-43-20
• Local government: means any city, county, or political subdivision of the State. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Mapping: means the development of a computerized geographical display system of roads and structures where emergency response may be required. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• 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.
• Office: means the South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Prepaid wireless consumer: means a person or entity that purchases prepaid wireless telecommunications service in a prepaid wireless retail transaction. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Prepaid wireless retail transaction: means the purchase of prepaid wireless telecommunications service from a prepaid wireless seller for any purpose other than resale. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Prepaid wireless seller: means a person or entity that sells prepaid wireless telecommunications service to another person or entity for any purpose other than resale. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Prepaid wireless telecommunications service: means any commercial mobile radio service that allows a caller to dial 911 to access the 911 system, which service must be paid for in advance and is sold in units or dollars which decline with use in a known amount. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Probate: Proving a will
• real estate: as used in this Title are coextensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments. See South Carolina Code 15-1-30
• 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.
• Selective routing: means the method employed to direct 911 calls to the appropriate public safety answering point based on the geographical location from which the call originated. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Service subscriber: means any person, company, corporation, business, association, or party not exempt from county or municipal taxes or utility franchise assessments who is provided telephone (local exchange access facility) service in the political subdivision or CMRS service or VoIP service. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Service supplier: means any person, company, or corporation, public or private, providing exchange telephone service, CMRS service, or VoIP service to end users. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Strategic plan: means the defined strategy of South Carolina's 911 goals and objectives and the steps necessary to achieve those goals and objectives. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• subscriber: means a person or entity to whom exchange telephone service, either residential or commercial, is provided and in return for which the person or entity is billed on a monthly basis. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Wireless communications service: includes any wireless two-way communications used in cellular telephone service, a personal communications service, or a network access line. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10