South Carolina Code > Title 33 > Chapter 41 – Uniform Partnership Act


Article 1	General Provisions
Article 3	Nature of Partnership
Article 7	Relations of Partners to One Another
Article 9	Property Rights of Partner
Article 11	33-41-940.
Article 13	Formation, Governing, and Regulation of Registered Limited Liability Partnerships
Article 14	Mergers

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Abuse: means physical abuse or psychological abuse. See South Carolina Code 43-35-10
Abuse: means the definition defined by § 43-30-20. See South Carolina Code 43-33-340
accident: as used in this title must not be construed to mean a series of events in employment, of a similar or like nature, occurring regularly, continuously, or at frequent intervals in the course of such employment, over extended periods of time. See South Carolina Code 42-1-160
Accredited veterinarian: means a licensed veterinarian approved by the United States Department of Agriculture in accordance with 9CFR Part 160 and 161. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
AFDC: means cash payments or stipends paid to individuals who meet established eligibility criteria. See South Carolina Code 43-5-1110
Affected person: means the applicant, a person residing within the geographic area served or to be served by the applicant, persons located in the health service area in which the project is to be located and who provide similar services to the proposed project, persons who before receipt by the department of the proposal being reviewed have formally indicated an intention to provide similar services in the future, persons who pay for health services in the health service area in which the project is to be located and who have notified the department of their interest in Certificate of Need applications, the State Consumer Advocate, and the State Ombudsman. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
Affected persons: means a health care provider or purchaser:

(a) who provides or purchases the same or similar health care services in the geographic area served or to be served by the applicants for a certificate of public advantage: or

(b) who has notified the department of his interest in applications for certificates of public advantage and has a direct economic interest in the decision. See South Carolina Code 44-7-510
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.
Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
Agency: means the United States Environmental Protection Agency. See South Carolina Code 48-5-20
Agritourism activity: means any activity carried out on a farm or ranch that allows members of the general public, for recreational, entertainment, or educational purposes, to participate in rural activities. See South Carolina Code 46-53-10
Agritourism professional: means any person who is engaged in the business of providing one or more agritourism activities, whether or not for compensation. See South Carolina Code 46-53-10
Allegation: something that someone says happened.
Ambulatory surgical facility: means a facility organized and administered for the purpose of performing surgical procedures for which patients are scheduled to arrive, receive surgery, and be discharged on the same day. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
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.
Animal: means a living vertebrate creature except a homo sapien. See South Carolina Code 47-1-10
Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
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.
Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
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
Area: means apiary, beeyard, colony, organized or otherwise, or any other place where bees are found to colonize. See South Carolina Code 46-37-05
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
Authority: shall mean the State Fiscal Accountability Authority of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 48-3-10
Authority: means the South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority. See South Carolina Code 48-5-20
Authorized inspector: means an employee of the Division of Regulatory and Public Service Programs, Clemson University or an employee of a cooperating agency specifically authorized to enforce the provisions of the federal Noxious Weed Act. See South Carolina Code 46-23-20
Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
Bed and breakfast: means a residential-type lodging facility having no more than ten guestrooms where transient guests are fed and lodged for pay. See South Carolina Code 45-4-20
Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
Benefit ratio: means :

(a) for the period of January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2013, the number calculated by dividing the sum of all benefits charged to an employer during the forty calendar quarters immediately preceding the calculation date by the sum of the employer's taxable payroll for the same period. See South Carolina Code 41-31-5
Bequest: Property gifted by will.
Board: means the board of the Department of Natural Resources. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
Board: means the State Board of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
Board of commissioners: means the governing body of the soil and water conservation district in which a watershed conservation district is situated or, if the watershed conservation district is situated in more than one soil and water conservation district, the joint governing bodies of the districts. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
Board of directors: means the governing body of a watershed conservation district. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
Bonds: shall include notes, bonds, refunding notes or bonds, and other obligations authorized to be issued by this chapter. See South Carolina Code 48-3-10
Bonds: means bonds, notes, debentures, interim certificates, commercial paper, bond, grant, or revenue anticipation notes, or any other evidence of indebtedness of the authority. See South Carolina Code 48-5-20
Caregiver: means a person who provides care to a vulnerable adult, with or without compensation, on a temporary or permanent or full or part-time basis and includes, but is not limited to, a relative, household member, day care personnel, adult foster home sponsor, and personnel of a public or private institution or facility. See South Carolina Code 43-35-10
Carnivore: means a flesh-eating animal and includes those animals known to be reservoirs of rabies including, but not limited to, raccoons, foxes, skunks, and bobcats and related species including, but not limited to, coyotes, wolves, wolf dogs, weasels, civet cats, spotted skunks, and lynx or the offspring born to any combinations of crossbreeding between these wild animals and domestic dogs or cats. See South Carolina Code 47-5-20
Certificate of public advantage: means the formal approval, including any conditions or modifications, by the department of a contract, business or financial arrangement, or other activities or practices between two or more health providers, health provider networks, or health care purchasers that might be construed to be violations of state or federal antitrust laws. See South Carolina Code 44-7-510
Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
child care institution: means a foster family home or child care institution for children which is licensed by the State. See South Carolina Code 43-5-400
Clean Water Act: means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Chapter 26 of Title 33, United States Code, as modified or amended, and any successor, substitute, or replacement provisions of law, and the rules and regulations promulgated under it. See South Carolina Code 48-5-20
Clean water fund: means the water pollution control revolving loan fund originally established pursuant to § 48-6-20 and comprising monies derived from capitalization grants pursuant to the Clean Water Act and associated state match money, as well as repayments of all principal and interest on loans made from the clean water fund, investment earnings, and any other money committed to the clean water fund. See South Carolina Code 48-5-20
Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
Commission: means the State Crop Pest Commission or an officer or employee of the commission to whom authority to act in its stead is granted. See South Carolina Code 46-9-15
Commission: means the State Crop Pest Commission of South Carolina or any other person to whom authority may be delegated to act in its stead. See South Carolina Code 46-23-20
Commission: means the South Carolina State Crop Pest Commission, as designated by the board of trustees of Clemson University or an officer, employee, or designee of the commission to whom authority has been given by the commission. See South Carolina Code 46-37-05
Commission: means the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission or an officer or employee of the commission to whom authority to act in its stead is delegated. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
Commission: means the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission. See South Carolina Code 47-22-20
Committee membership: Legislators are assigned to specific committees by their party. Seniority, regional balance, and political philosophy are the most prominent factors in the committee assignment process.
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.
Community residential care facility: means a facility which offers room and board and provides a degree of personal assistance for two or more persons eighteen years old or older. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Complaint: means an oral or written allegation by a person with a developmental or other disability, the parent or legal guardian of such person, a state agency or any other responsible person to the effect that the person with a developmental or other disability is being subjected to injury or deprivation with regard to his health, safety, welfare, rights or level of care. See South Carolina Code 43-33-340
Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
Cooperative agreement: means an agreement between two health providers, health provider networks, or purchasers or among more than two health care providers, health provider networks, or purchasers for the sharing, allocation, or referral of patients or the sharing or allocation of personnel, instructional programs, support services and facilities, medical, diagnostic or laboratory facilities, procedures, equipment, or other health care services traditionally offered by health care facilities or other health care providers or the acquisition or merger of assets among or by two or more health providers, health provider networks, or health care purchasers, provided the agreement does not involve price-fixing or predatory pricing or illegal tying arrangements. See South Carolina Code 44-7-510
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.
Costs of medical education: means the direct and indirect teaching costs as defined under Medicare. See South Carolina Code 44-6-5
Council: means the State Interagency Coordinating Council which must be established in conformance with federal regulations. See South Carolina Code 44-7-2520
Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
Court: includes every court and judge having jurisdiction in the case;

(2) "Business" includes every trade, occupation, or profession;

(3) "Bankrupt" includes a bankrupt under the Federal Bankruptcy Act or an insolvent under any state insolvent act;

(4) "Conveyance" includes every assignment, lease, mortgage, or encumbrance;

(5) "Real property" includes land and any interest or estate in land; and

(6) "Registered limited liability partnership" includes a partnership formed pursuant to an agreement governed by the laws of this State, registered under § 33-41-1110 and complying with §§ 33-41-1120 and 33-41-1130. See South Carolina Code 33-41-20
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Date of loss: means the date the debtor filed its petition for bankruptcy. See South Carolina Code 46-40-20
Debtor: means the Southern Soya Corporation now in bankruptcy. See South Carolina Code 46-40-20
Decedent: A deceased person.
Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Department: means the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. See South Carolina Code 46-40-20
Department: means the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. See South Carolina Code 46-49-10
Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, including county health departments. See South Carolina Code 47-5-20
Department: shall mean the Department of Health and Environmental Control of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 48-3-10
Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 48-5-20
Department: means the Department of Natural Resources. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Department: means the Department of Employment and Workforce;

(2) "Director" means the Director of the Office of Statewide Workforce Development;

(3) "Executive director" means the Executive Director of the Department of Employment and Workforce;

(4) "Executive committee" means the executive committee of the Coordinating Council for Workforce Development;

(5) "Unified State Plan" or "USP" means the comprehensive statewide education and workforce development plan that provides a systemwide approach to streamline and unify efforts of entities involved in education and workforce development in the State;

(6) "Office of Statewide Workforce Development" or "OSWD" means the Office of Statewide Workforce Development created in this chapter; and

(7) "Coordinating Council for Workforce Development" or "CCWD" means the Coordinating Council for Workforce Development administered by the department. See South Carolina Code 41-30-120
Department: means the Department of Employment and Workforce. See South Carolina Code 41-31-5
Department: means the State Department of Health and Human Services. See South Carolina Code 44-6-5
Department: means the South Carolina State Department of Social Services. See South Carolina Code 43-5-1110
Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See South Carolina Code 44-6-400
Department: means the Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
Department: means the Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 44-7-510
Department: means the Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 44-7-2420
Department: means the agency designated as lead agency by the Governor by Executive Order pursuant to Subchapter VIII, Chapter 33 of Title 20, U. See South Carolina Code 44-7-2520
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Dependent child: means a child under the age of eighteen years who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, continued absence from home or physical or mental incapacity of a parent and who is living with his father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew or niece in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as his or their own home and who, if not granted aid, is likely to become a public charge or who would otherwise be deprived of proper support, care or training or a child under the age of twenty-one years who is attending high school or college or regularly attending a course of vocational or technical training. See South Carolina Code 43-5-400
Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
Designated Watershed: means a watershed designated by a local government and approved by the Department of Health and Environmental Control and identified as having an existing or potential stormwater, sediment control, or nonpoint source pollution problem. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Developmental disability: means a severe, chronic disability of a person which:

(a) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;

(b) is manifested before the person attains age twenty-two;

(c) is likely to continue indefinitely;

(d) results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity: (i) self-care, (ii) receptive and expressive language, (iii) learning, (iv) mobility, (v) self-direction, (vi) capacity for independent living, and (vii) economic sufficiency;

(e) reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary or generic services, individualized supports, or other forms of assistance that are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated. See South Carolina Code 43-33-340
Devise: To gift property by will.
Director: means the Director of Regulatory and Public Service Programs, Clemson University. See South Carolina Code 46-9-15
Director: means the Director of the Division of Regulatory and Public Service Programs, Clemson University. See South Carolina Code 46-23-20
Director: means the Director of Regulatory and Public Service Programs, Clemson University. See South Carolina Code 46-37-05
Director: means the Director of the Division of Livestock-Poultry Health Programs, Clemson University. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
Director: means the Director, Division of Livestock-Poultry Heath Programs, Clemson University. See South Carolina Code 47-22-20
Director: means one of the members of the governing body of a watershed conservation district selected in accordance with this chapter. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
Disease: means contagious and infectious disease, including, but not limited to, American Foulbrood, European Foulbrood, Isle of Wight disease, or any pests and parasites, including, but not limited to, Varroa Mite, Tracheal mite, Africanized bee, etc. See South Carolina Code 46-37-05
Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
Distributor: means one or more of the persons listed in this item wherever located or operating, within or without South Carolina, doing business and engaged in receiving, producing, processing, manufacturing, subdistributing, distributing, marketing, or handling one or more of the products covered by this chapter and offering the products for sale in this State. See South Carolina Code 46-49-10
District: means any soil and water conservation district created pursuant to Chapter 9 of this title. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Division: means the Division of Regulatory and Public Service Programs, Clemson University, and its employees, agents, and officials. See South Carolina Code 46-9-15
Division: means the Division of Regulatory and Public Service Programs, Clemson University, and any of its employees, agents, and officials. See South Carolina Code 46-37-05
Division: means the Division of Livestock-Poultry Health and its agents, employees, and officials. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
Division: means the Division of Livestock-Poultry Health Programs at Clemson University and its agents, employees, and officials. See South Carolina Code 47-22-20
Division: means Land, Water, and Conservation Division. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
Doing business: means the engaging in or the transaction of activity in this State for financial profit or gain. See South Carolina Code 46-49-10
domestic farm labor: means citizens of the United States who receive a substantial portion of their income as laborers on farms in the United States. See South Carolina Code 46-39-10
Donor: The person who makes a gift.
Dower: A widow
Drinking water fund: means the drinking water revolving loan fund established pursuant to § 48-5-55, and comprising monies derived from capitalization grants pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act and associated state match money, as well as repayments of all principal and interest on loans made from the drinking water fund, investment earnings, and any other money committed to the drinking water fund. See South Carolina Code 48-5-20
Due notice: means notice published at least twice, with an interval of at least one week between the two publication dates, in a publication of general circulation within the appropriate area or, if no publication of general circulation is available, notice posted at a reasonable number of conspicuous places within the appropriate area. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
Eligible patient: means an individual who:

(a) has a terminal illness, attested to by a treating physician;

(b) has, in consultation with a treating physician, considered and exhausted all other treatment options currently approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration;

(c) has received a recommendation from the treating physician for use of an investigational drug, biological product, or device for treatment of the terminal illness;

(d) has given informed consent in writing to use the investigational drug, biological product, or device for treatment of the terminal illness or, if the individual is a minor or is otherwise incapable of providing informed consent, the parent or legal guardian has given informed consent in writing to use the investigational drug, biological product, or device; and

(e) has documentation from the treating physician that the individual meets all of the criteria for this definition, including an attestation from the treating physician that the treating physician was consulted in the creation of the written, informed consent required under this chapter. See South Carolina Code 44-137-10
Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
Erosion: means the wearing away of land surface by the action of wind, water, gravity, ice, or any combination of those forces. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
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.
Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
Exploitation: means :

(a) causing or requiring a vulnerable adult to engage in activity or labor which is improper, unlawful, or against the reasonable and rational wishes of the vulnerable adult. See South Carolina Code 43-35-10
Facility: means a nursing care facility, community residential care facility, a psychiatric hospital, or any residential program operated or contracted for operation by the Department of Mental Health or the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs. See South Carolina Code 43-35-10
Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
Federal or state antitrust laws: means a federal or state law prohibiting monopolies or agreements in restraint of trade, including the Federal Sherman Act and Clayton Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and Chapters 3 and 5 of Title 39 of the 1976 Code. See South Carolina Code 44-7-510
Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}
Freestanding or mobile technology: means medical equipment owned or operated by a person other than a health care facility for which the total cost is in excess of that prescribed by regulation and for which specific standards or criteria are prescribed in the State Health Plan. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
Garbage: means any animal wastes resulting from handling, preparation, cooking, or consumption of foods, including animal carcasses, parts of animal carcasses, or contents of offal. See South Carolina Code 47-15-10
Garbage dump: means a place or area where ordinary household garbage is disposed of from two or more families. See South Carolina Code 47-15-10
General hospital: means any hospital licensed as a general hospital by the Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 44-6-5
Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
Governing board: shall mean the governing bodies of the several counties and incorporated municipalities of the State as now or hereafter constituted; and in the event that any pollution control facilities shall be located in more than one county, the term "governing board" shall also relate to the governing bodies of the several counties wherein such pollution control facilities shall be located. See South Carolina Code 48-3-10
Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
Grain: means any feed grains or oil seeds, except cottonseeds, sold by South Carolina grain dealers. See South Carolina Code 46-40-20
Grain dealer: means any resident licensed by this State engaged in selling grain received from the producer or the producer's agent. See South Carolina Code 46-40-20
Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
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.
Guestroom: means a sleeping room, or a combination of rooms for sleeping and sitting, which includes, among other amenities:

(1) a bed or beds;

(2) a private or shared bathroom;

(3) clothes hanging and storage amenities; and

(4) a selection of furniture and lighting. See South Carolina Code 45-4-20
handicapped: as used in this article mean a substantial physical or mental impairment, whether congenital or acquired by accident, injury, or disease, where the impairment is verified by medical findings and appears reasonably certain to continue throughout the lifetime of the individual without substantial improvement. See South Carolina Code 43-33-560
Health care facility: means , at a minimum, acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, alcohol and substance abuse hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical facilities, hospice facilities, radiation therapy facilities, rehabilitation facilities, residential treatment facilities for children and adolescents, intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disability, or narcotic treatment programs. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
Health care provider: means a health care professional licensed, certified, or registered under the laws of this State, an organization licensed pursuant to § 44-69-30 or § 44-71-30, or a facility licensed pursuant to § 44-7-260 or § 44-89-40 to provide health care services or any other person as defined in § 44-7-130(15) who provides health services in a freestanding or mobile facility. See South Carolina Code 44-7-510
Health care purchaser: means a person or organization that purchases health care services on behalf of an identified group of persons, regardless of whether the cost of coverage of services is paid for by the purchaser or by the person receiving coverage or services including, but not limited to:

(a) health insurers as defined by § 38-71-920;

(b) employee health plans offered by self-insured employers;

(c) group health coverage offered by fraternal organizations, professional associations, or other organizations;

(d) state and federal health care programs; and

(e) state and local public employee health plans. See South Carolina Code 44-7-510
Health provider networks: means an organization of health care providers which offers health services to residents of this State. See South Carolina Code 44-7-510
Health service: means clinically related, diagnostic, treatment, or rehabilitative services and includes alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
Hospital: means a facility that is organized and administered to provide overnight medical or surgical care or nursing care for an illness, injury, or infirmity and must provide on-campus emergency services; that may provide obstetrical care; and in which all diagnoses, treatment, or care is administered by or under the direction of persons currently licensed to practice medicine, surgery, or osteopathy. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
Hospital: means a facility organized and administered to provide overnight medical or surgical care or nursing care of illness, injury, or infirmity and may provide obstetrical care, and in which all diagnoses, treatment, or care is administered by or under the direction of persons currently licensed to practice medicine, surgery, or osteopathy and is licensed by the department as a hospital. See South Carolina Code 44-7-2420
hotel: as used in this chapter is an inn or public lodginghouse of more than ten bedrooms where transient guests are fed or lodged for pay in this State. See South Carolina Code 45-5-10
housing: means living quarters and related facilities for use by domestic farm labor and their families. See South Carolina Code 46-39-10
Implementing agency: means the department, local government, or conservation district with the responsibility for receiving stormwater management and sediment control plans for review and approval, reviewing plans, issuing permits for land disturbing activities, and conducting inspections and enforcement actions in a specified jurisdiction. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
Industry: shall mean any person, firm or corporation operating any enterprise or facility for the manufacturing, processing, assembling, distributing or shipping of any type of product, from which operation, conditions result which would, unless eliminated, mitigated or prevented, bring about the pollution of the atmosphere or which would create water pollution problems. See South Carolina Code 48-3-10
Infants and toddlers with disabilities: means children from birth through two years of age in need of early intervention services due to measurable delays in cognitive development, physical development, communication, psychosocial development, or self-help skills, or due to a diagnosed physical or mental condition that has a high probability of resulting in developmental delay. See South Carolina Code 44-7-2520
Infested area: means that geographic area of the State in which the presence of a plant pest has been confirmed and in which primary remediation efforts will be applied. See South Carolina Code 46-9-15
Informed consent: means a written document that is signed by an eligible patient; or if the patient is a minor, by a parent or legal guardian; or if the patient is incapacitated or without sufficient mental capacity, by a designated health care agent pursuant to a health care power of attorney, that at a minimum includes:

(a) an explanation of the currently approved products and treatments for the eligible patient's terminal illness;

(b) an attestation that the eligible patient concurs with the treating physician in believing that all currently approved treatments are unlikely to prolong the eligible patient's life;

(c) clear identification of the specific investigational drug, biological product, or device proposed for treatment of the eligible patient's terminal illness;

(d) a description of the potentially best and worst outcomes resulting from use of the investigational drug, biological product, or device to treat the eligible patient's terminal illness, along with a realistic description of the most likely outcome. See South Carolina Code 44-137-10
Inherent risks of an agritourism activity: means those dangers or conditions that are inherent to an agritourism activity, including hazards related to surface and subsurface conditions, natural conditions of land, vegetation, and water at the agritourism location, the behavior of wild or domestic animals, except dogs, and ordinary dangers associated with structures or equipment commonly used in farming and ranching operations. See South Carolina Code 46-53-10
Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
Innkeeper: means the proprietor of a bed and breakfast. See South Carolina Code 45-4-20
Inspector: means an employee or official of the division authorized by the director to carry out inspections or investigations required by law. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
Intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual disability: means a facility that serves four or more persons with intellectual disability or persons with related conditions and provides health or rehabilitative services on a regular basis to individuals whose mental and physical conditions require services including room, board, and active treatment for their intellectual disability or related conditions. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
Investigative entity: means the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, the Adult Protective Services Program in the Department of Social Services, the Vulnerable Adults Investigations Unit of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, or the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Office of the Attorney General. See South Carolina Code 43-35-10
Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
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.
Juror: A person who is on the jury.
Land disturbing activity: means any use of the land by any person that results in a change in the natural cover or topography that may cause erosion and contribute to sediment and alter the quality and quantity of stormwater runoff. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
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.
Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
Licensed veterinarian: means a person licensed by law to practice veterinary medicine in this State. See South Carolina Code 47-5-20
Licensee: means a person required to obtain a license by this chapter and who is a de facto licensee under this chapter. See South Carolina Code 46-49-10
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
Livestock: means all classes and breeds of animals, domesticated or feral, raised for use, sale, or display. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
Livestock: means all classes and breeds of animals, domesticated or feral. See South Carolina Code 47-22-20
Loan: means a loan from the authority to a project sponsor for the purpose of financing all or a portion of the cost of a project. See South Carolina Code 48-5-20
Loan agreement: shall mean any agreement including without limitation an agreement, whereby a county or incorporated municipality shall lease pollution control facilities to the industry, made by and between the governing board and the industry by which the industry agrees to pay to (and to secure if so required) the county or the incorporated municipality, as the case may be, or to any assignee thereof, the sums required to meet the payment of the principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, on any bonds. See South Carolina Code 48-3-10
Loan agreement: means a written agreement between the authority and a project sponsor with respect to a loan. See South Carolina Code 48-5-20
Loan obligation: means a bond, note, or other evidence of obligation issued by a project sponsor to evidence its indebtedness under a loan agreement with respect to a loan. See South Carolina Code 48-5-20
Local government: means any county, municipality, or any combination of counties or municipalities, acting through a joint program pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Loss: means any monetary loss of a debtor over and beyond the amount protected by the debtor's bond and over and beyond the amount, if any, previously received for the monetary loss from the South Carolina Grain Producers Guaranty Fund or the Warehouse Receipts Guaranty Fund as a result of doing business with the debtor. See South Carolina Code 46-40-20
Market: means a county or group of counties within this State, including the State as a whole. See South Carolina Code 46-49-10
Market basket index: means the index used by the federal government on January 1, 1986, to measure the inflation in hospital input prices for Medicare reimbursement. See South Carolina Code 44-6-5
medical evidence: means expert opinion or testimony stated to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, documents, records, or other material that is offered by a licensed health care provider. See South Carolina Code 42-1-160
medically complex cases: means sophisticated cases requiring highly scientific procedures or techniques for diagnosis or treatment excluding MRIs, CAT scans, x-rays, or other similar diagnostic techniques. See South Carolina Code 42-1-160
Medically indigent: means :

(a) all persons whose gross family income and size falls at or below the federal Community Service Administration guidelines and who meet certain qualifying criteria regarding real property allowance, qualifying services, residency requirements, and other sponsorship, and migrant or seasonal farm workers who have no established domicile in any state; and

(b) all persons whose gross family income and size falls between one hundred percent and two hundred percent of the Community Service Administration guidelines who meet certain other qualifying criteria regarding real property allowance, qualifying services, residency requirements, and other sponsorship and whose medical bill is sufficiently large in relation to their income and resources to preclude full payment. See South Carolina Code 44-6-5
Milk: means the clean lacteal secretion obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, including milk cooled, pasteurized, standardized, or otherwise processed with a view of selling it as fluid milk, cream, skimmed milk, cultured milk, or as another fluid milk product. See South Carolina Code 46-49-10
Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. ^{Source: OCC}
Move: means to ship, offer for shipment, offer for entry, import, receive for transportation or transport by a common carrier or carry, transport, move or allow to be moved by any means. See South Carolina Code 46-23-20
Neglect: means the failure or omission of a caregiver to provide the care, goods, or services necessary to maintain the health or safety of a vulnerable adult including, but not limited to, food, clothing, medicine, shelter, supervision, and medical services and the failure or omission has caused, or presents a substantial risk of causing, physical or mental injury to the vulnerable adult. See South Carolina Code 43-35-10
Net inpatient charges: means the total gross inpatient charges, minus the unreimbursed cost of medical education and the unreimbursed cost of providing medical care to medically indigent persons. See South Carolina Code 44-6-5
Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
Nominating petition: means a petition filed under § 48-11-100(B) or (C) to nominate candidates for the office of director of a watershed conservation district. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
Nonpoint source pollution: means pollution contained in stormwater runoff from ill-defined diffuse sources. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Noxious weed: means any living stage of any plant including seed or reproductive parts thereof or parasitic plants or parts thereof which is determined by the State Crop Pest Commission to be directly or indirectly injurious to public health, crops, livestock, or agriculture including, but not limited to, waterways and irrigation canals. See South Carolina Code 46-23-20
Nursing home: means a facility subject to licensure as a nursing home by the Department of Health and Environmental Control and subject to the permit provisions of Article 2, Chapter 7 of Title 44 and which has been certified for participation in the Medicaid program or has been dually certified for participation in the Medicaid and Medicare programs. See South Carolina Code 44-6-400
Nursing home: means a facility with an organized nursing staff to maintain and operate organized facilities and services to accommodate two or more unrelated persons over a period exceeding twenty-four hours which is operated either in connection with a hospital or as a freestanding facility for the express or implied purpose of providing intermediate or skilled nursing care for persons who are not in need of hospital care. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
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.
Occupational licensing board: means a health professional licensing board which is a state agency that licenses and regulates health care providers and includes, but is not limited to, the Board of Long Term Health Care Administrators, State Board of Nursing for South Carolina, State Board of Medical Examiners, State Board of Social Work Examiners, and the State Board of Dentistry. See South Carolina Code 43-35-10
Office: means the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. See South Carolina Code 44-6-5
Ombudsman: means the office provided for pursuant to § 43-38-10, et seq. See South Carolina Code 43-33-340
Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
Owner: means any person who:

(a) has a right of property in a pet;

(b) keeps or harbors a pet or who has it in his care or acts as its custodian; or

(c) permits a pet to remain on or about any premises occupied by him. See South Carolina Code 47-5-20
Participant: means any person, other than the agritourism professional, who engages in an agritourism activity. See South Carolina Code 46-53-10
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.
Permit: means official authorization to engage in a specific activity. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
Permit: means official authorization to engage in a specified activity. See South Carolina Code 47-22-20
Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business entity. See South Carolina Code 46-49-10
Person: means an individual, fiduciary, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, unit of government, or any other group acting as a unit. See South Carolina Code 46-53-10
Person: means an individual, a trust, a firm, a joint stock company, a corporation including a government corporation, a partnership, an association, a municipality, a commission, or a political subdivision of this or another state. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
Person: means the State, any municipality, political subdivision, institution, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or any other entity. See South Carolina Code 47-15-10
Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, association, joint venture, public or private corporation, trust, estate, commission, board, public or private institution, utility, cooperative, electric supplier, municipality, interstate body, the federal government, or other legal entity. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Person: means an individual, a trust or estate, a partnership, a corporation including an association, joint stock company, insurance company, and a health maintenance organization, a health care facility, a state, a political subdivision, or an instrumentality including a municipal corporation of a state, or any legal entity recognized by the State. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
Person responsible for the land disturbing activity: means :

(a) the person who has or represents having financial or operational control over the land disturbing activity; and/or

(b) the landowner or person in possession or control of the land who directly or indirectly allowed the land disturbing activity or has benefited from it or who has failed to comply with any provision of the act, these regulations, or any order or local ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter as imposes a duty upon him. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Personal property: All property that is not real property.
Pet: means only domesticated cats, dogs, and ferrets. See South Carolina Code 47-5-20
Petition: means a petition filed under § 48-11-40 for the creation of a watershed conservation district. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
Physical abuse: means intentionally inflicting or allowing to be inflicted physical injury on a vulnerable adult by an act or failure to act. See South Carolina Code 43-35-10
Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
Plant pest: means a living stage of insects, mites, nematodes, slugs, animals, protozoa, snails or other invertebrate animals, bacteria, weeds, fungi, other parasite plants or their reproductive parts, or viruses, or organisms similar to or allied with the foregoing, including genetically engineered organisms or infectious substances which directly or indirectly may injure or cause disease or damage in plants or their parts or processed, manufactured, or other products of plants, and which may be a serious agricultural threat to the State, as determined by the director. See South Carolina Code 46-9-15
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.
Pollution control facilities: shall mean any facilities which are designed for the elimination, mitigation or prevention of air or water pollution, and shall include all things which are required to collect, treat and thereafter dispose of all waste of any sort originating in or about any industrial enterprise. See South Carolina Code 48-3-10
Poultry: means all avian species including wildfowl raised for use, sale, or display and domestic fowl. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
Poultry: means all avian species including wildfowl and domestic fowl. See South Carolina Code 47-22-20
Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
Probate: Proving a will
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
Producer: means a person, whether or not the person also is a distributor or member or a producer association who produces milk for sale as fluid milk in the State. See South Carolina Code 46-49-10
Producer association or association of producers: means a cooperative association of producers incorporated and existing under the cooperative laws of South Carolina or an association incorporated and existing under similar laws of another state, which is authorized to do business in South Carolina and which the board determines to have full authority for the sales of milk and dairy products of its members. See South Carolina Code 46-49-10
Project: means :

(a) publicly-owned treatment works, or the capacity or rights to the capacity of a publicly-owned treatment work, including any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature or necessary to recycle or reuse water at the most economical cost over the estimated life of the works, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, pumping, power, and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions, and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units; and any works, including site acquisition of the land that will be an integral part of the treatment process (including land used for the storage of treated wastewater in land treatment systems before land application), or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from the treatment and any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating, or disposing of municipal waste, including stormwater runoff and waste in combined stormwater and sanitary sewer systems;

(b) management programs authorized under the Clean Water Act;

(c) development and implementation of a conservation and management plan authorized under the Clean Water Act;

(d) construction or improvements to drinking water supply, storage, treatment, and distribution facilities and associated costs authorized by the Safe Drinking Water Act; and

(e) other projects as the authority and the department determine are permissible uses of the clean water fund and the drinking water fund under the terms of the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act, respectively, to the extent then applicable. See South Carolina Code 48-5-20
Project sponsor: means a county, municipality, special purpose or special service district, commissioners of public works, or any other public body or agency of the State which may own or operate a project; this term includes any combination of two or more of these entities acting jointly to construct, own, or operate a project. See South Carolina Code 48-5-20
Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
Protective services: means those services whose objective is to protect a vulnerable adult from harm caused by the vulnerable adult or another. See South Carolina Code 43-35-10
Psychological abuse: means deliberately subjecting a vulnerable adult to threats or harassment or other forms of intimidating behavior causing fear, humiliation, degradation, agitation, confusion, or other forms of serious emotional distress. See South Carolina Code 43-35-10
Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
Qualified elector: includes a person qualified to vote in elections by the people under the Constitution of this State. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
Quarantine: means limitations placed upon the free movement of plant pests, animals, plants, equipment, machinery, goods, genetically engineered organisms, or means of transportation, or all of the foregoing, considered reasonably necessary to prevent the spread of a plant pest. See South Carolina Code 46-9-15
Quarantine: means limitations placed upon the free movement of certain things which include, but are not limited to, animals, poultry, plants, fodder, feed, equipment, products, by-products, machinery, goods, and means of transportation considered reasonably necessary to prevent the spread by whatever means of contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases of animals or poultry. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
Quarantine: means a prescribed, restricted confinement of a pet or other animal up to and including a state of enforced isolation. See South Carolina Code 47-5-20
Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
Raw material: means livestock or poultry carcasses and inedible parts thereof, fats, oils, and other inedible animal byproducts, and used fats and oils collected from restaurants. See South Carolina Code 47-22-20
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}
Regulated area: means that geographic area of the State adjacent, but not necessarily contiguous, to the infested area and in which efforts are designed to prevent further movement and spread of a plant pest. See South Carolina Code 46-9-15
related facilities: means community rooms or buildings such as those used as dining halls or infirmaries or for educational or assembly purposes, or other essential services facilities such as central heating, bathing facilities, or domestic water supply. See South Carolina Code 46-39-10
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.
Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
Rendering operation: means the processing of all or part of the inedible portions of livestock or poultry carcasses and other raw material, and includes the collection and transportation of raw material for the purpose of processing. See South Carolina Code 47-22-20
Rendering plant: means a building or buildings in which raw material is processed, and includes the premises upon which buildings used in connection with processing are located. See South Carolina Code 47-22-20
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 kitchen: means a private-home-type kitchen in a bed and breakfast used for food service to registered guests as well as the innkeeper. See South Carolina Code 45-4-20
Residential-type lodging facility: means a facility that:

(1) serves as both the innkeeper's residence and a place of lodging for transient guests; and

(2) is primarily residential in style with regard to the amenities provided to guests. See South Carolina Code 45-4-20
Responsible personnel: means any foreman, superintendent, or similar individual who is the on-site person in charge of land disturbing activities. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
Safe Drinking Water Act: means Title XIV of the Public Health Service Act, Title 42, United States Code, as modified or amended, and any successor, substitute, or replacement provisions of law, and the rules and regulations promulgated under it. See South Carolina Code 48-5-20
Sediment: means solid particulate matter, both mineral and organic, that has been or is being transported by water, air, ice, or gravity from its site of origin. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Service: means the Veterinary Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
Shelter: means shelter that reasonably may be expected to protect the animal from physical suffering or impairment of health due to exposure to the elements or adverse weather. See South Carolina Code 47-1-10
Soil and water conservation district: means a governmental subdivision of this State and a public body corporate and politic organized in accordance with Chapter 9 of Title 48 for the purposes, with the powers, and subject to the restrictions in the chapter. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
South Carolina growth index: means the percentage points added to the market basket index to adjust for the South Carolina specific experience. See South Carolina Code 44-6-5
State: means South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
State Veterinarian: means the Director of Livestock-Poultry Health Division, Clemson University, and his agents, assistants, and livestock inspectors. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Stop work order: means an order directing the person responsible for the land disturbing activity to cease and desist all or any portion of the work which violates the provisions of this chapter. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Store: means an establishment which purchases or otherwise acquires in processed and packaged form one or more of the products covered by this chapter for use or resale for human consumption. See South Carolina Code 46-49-10
Stormwater management: means , for:

(a) quantitative control, a system of vegetative or structural measures, or both, that control the increased volume and rate of stormwater runoff caused by manmade changes to the land;

(b) qualitative control, a system of vegetative, structural, or other measures that reduce or eliminate pollutants that might otherwise be carried by stormwater runoff. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Stormwater Management and Sediment Control Plan: means a set of drawings, other documents, and supporting calculations submitted by a person as a prerequisite to obtaining a permit to undertake a land disturbing activity, which contains all of the information and specifications required by an implementing agency. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Stormwater runoff: means direct response of a watershed to precipitation and includes the surface and subsurface runoff that enters a ditch, stream, storm sewer, or other concentrated flow during and following the precipitation. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Stormwater utility: means an administrative organization that has been created for the purposes of planning, designing, constructing, and maintaining stormwater management, sediment control, and flood control programs and projects. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
Survey agency: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control or any other agency designated to conduct compliance surveys of nursing facilities participating in the Title XIX (Medicaid) program. See South Carolina Code 44-6-400
Sustenance: means adequate food provided at suitable intervals of quantities of wholesome foodstuff suitable for the species and age, sufficient to maintain a reasonable level of nutrition to allow for proper growth and weight and adequate water provided with constant access to a supply of clean, fresh, and potable water provided in a suitable manner for the species. See South Carolina Code 47-1-10
System: means Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. See South Carolina Code 43-33-340
Target rate of increase: means the federal market basket index as modified by the South Carolina growth index. See South Carolina Code 44-6-5
Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
Terminal illness: means a progressive disease or medical or surgical condition that:

(a) entails significant functional impairment;

(b) is not considered by a treating physician to be reversible even with administration of available treatments approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration; and

(c) will result in death without life-sustaining procedures. See South Carolina Code 44-137-10
Testify: Answer questions in court.
Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
Threatened abuse: means the definition defined by § 43-30-20. See South Carolina Code 43-33-340
Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
Transfer center: means a facility where raw materials are collected for loading into approved vehicles for delivery to a rendering plant. See South Carolina Code 47-22-20
transient guests: as used in this chapter shall mean one who puts up for less than one week at such a hotel. See South Carolina Code 45-5-10
Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}
Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
Vulnerable adult: means a person eighteen years of age or older who has a physical or mental condition which substantially impairs the person from adequately providing for his or her own care or protection. See South Carolina Code 43-35-10
Watershed: means the drainage area contributing stormwater runoff to a single point. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
Watershed conservation district: means a governmental subdivision of this State and a public body corporate and politic organized and functioning in accordance with this chapter for the purposes and with the powers and duties provided in this chapter and subject to its restrictions. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
Watershed master plan: means a plan for a designated watershed that analyzes the impact of existing and future land uses and land disturbing activities in the entire watershed and includes strategies to reduce nonpoint source pollution, to manage stormwater runoff and control flooding. See South Carolina Code 48-14-20
Welfare: means cash assistance payments through the Family Independence program formerly known as the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program which must be provided as a stipend to assist families to become employed. See South Carolina Code 43-5-1110
Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

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