Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 23 > Chapter 13 > Article 7 - Deputy Sheriffs for Parks and Other Places of Amusement

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• bank: as used in this title must be construed to include all institutions doing any kind of banking business whose deposits are eligible for insurance by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, excluding a savings bank, and "building and loan association" as used in this title must be construed to include a mutual or stock savings association, savings and loan association, or savings bank and all other institutions doing any kind of building and loan business whose deposits are eligible for insurance by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. See South Carolina Code 34-1-10
• Board: means the State Board of Financial Institutions. See South Carolina Code 34-39-120
• Check: means a check signed by the maker and made payable to a person licensed pursuant to this chapter. See South Carolina Code 34-39-120
• 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.
• Deferred presentment services: means a transaction pursuant to a written agreement involving the following combination of activities in exchange for a fee:
  
  (a) accepting a check dated on the date it was written; and
  
  (b) holding the check for a period of time before presentment for payment or deposit. See South Carolina Code 34-39-120
• Department: means the Department of Consumer Affairs. See South Carolina Code 34-36-10
• 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.
• Licensee: means a person licensed to provide deferred presentment services pursuant to this chapter. See South Carolina Code 34-39-120
• Location: means the entire space in which deferred presentment services are provided. See South Carolina Code 34-39-120
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• 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.
• Person: means an individual, group of individuals, partnership, association, corporation, or other business unit or legal entity. See South Carolina Code 34-39-120