Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 39 > Chapter 39 - Eggs and Baby Chicks

• 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.
• Consumer: means a person using eggs for food and includes restaurants, hotels, cafeterias, hospitals, state institutions, and other establishments serving food to be consumed or produced on the premises but does not include the armed forces or other federal agency or institution. See South Carolina Code 39-39-110
• 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.
• Corporation: means a South Carolina business development corporation created pursuant to this chapter. See South Carolina Code 33-37-10
• Distributor: means a person offering for sale or distributing eggs in this State to a retailer, cafe, restaurant, or other establishment serving eggs to the public or to an institutional user. See South Carolina Code 39-39-110
• Eggs: means the shell eggs of a domesticated chicken, turkey, duck, goose, or guinea hen. See South Carolina Code 39-39-110
• 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.
• 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.
• Label: means the display of any printed, graphic, or other method of identification on the shipping container or on the immediate container including, but not limited to, an individual consumer package of eggs. See South Carolina Code 39-39-110
• 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}
• 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 any individual, partnership, association, business trust, corporation, or organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not. See South Carolina Code 39-39-110
• Producer: means a person engaged in the business of producing and marketing eggs laid on his farm. See South Carolina Code 39-39-110
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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.
• Retailer: means a person, firm, or corporation selling or offering for sale eggs to consumers in this State. See South Carolina Code 39-39-110
• Sell: means to offer for sale, expose for sale, have in possession for sale, exchange, barter, or trade. See South Carolina Code 39-39-110
• Wholesaler: means a person engaged in the business of buying or receiving eggs from producers or other persons on his own account and selling or transferring eggs to other wholesalers, processors, retailers, or other persons and consumers. See South Carolina Code 39-39-110