South Carolina Code > Title 44 > Chapter 7 > Article 25 – Medical University of South Carolina
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- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Board: means the board of the department. See South Carolina Code 48-18-20
- conservation district: means a governmental subdivision of the State created pursuant to Chapter 9 of Title 48; and "conservation district board" means the governing body of a soil and water conservation district. See South Carolina Code 48-18-20
- 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.
- Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 48-18-20
- Erosion: means the wearing away of the ground surface by the action of wind, water, gravity, or any combination thereof. See South Carolina Code 48-18-20
- 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.
- 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
- Local government: means any county or municipality. See South Carolina Code 48-18-20
- 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.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Quasi-state agency: means any entity other than a state agency but having some attributes of a state agency by virtue of the fact that the State has some authority to make rules and regulations by which it is governed. See South Carolina Code 48-18-20
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Sediment: means soil or other earth-like material that has been moved by the forces of water, wind, gravity, or any combination of them. See South Carolina Code 48-18-20
- Sedimentation: means the process or action of depositing sediment. See South Carolina Code 48-18-20
- Stormwater: means the direct runoff of water and associated material resulting from precipitation in any form. See South Carolina Code 48-18-20
- 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.