Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 44 > Chapter 55 > Article 5 - Sewage Systems for Manufacturing Employees' Houses

• Boat: means a vessel. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources unless otherwise stated. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Fish: means finfish, shellfish including mollusks, crustaceans, horseshoe crabs, whelks (conchs), turtles, and terrapin or products thereof. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Fishing: means all activity and effort involved in taking or attempting to take fish. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Mile: means one nautical mile, being six thousand seventy-six feet. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Saltwater gamefish: means a species of saltwater fish designated as a saltwater gamefish in this title. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Shoreline: means the line of mean high water along that portion of a land mass which is in direct contact with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.