Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 46 > Chapter 21 > Article 9 - Seed and Plant Certification

• Agricultural seed: means grass, forage, cereal, oil, fiber, and other kinds of crop seeds commonly recognized within this State as agriculture seeds, lawn seeds, and combinations of these seeds and may include noxious weed seeds when the Commissioner determines that the seed is being used as agricultural seed. See South Carolina Code 46-21-15
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Germination: means the emergence and development from the seed embryo of those essential structures which, for the kind of seed in question, or indicative of the ability to produce a normal plant under favorable conditions. See South Carolina Code 46-21-15
• 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.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, company, association, receiver, trustee, or agent. See South Carolina Code 46-21-15
• plant: includes seedlings, nursery stock, roots, tubers, bulbs, cuttings, and other plant parts used in the propagation of field crops, vegetables, fruits, flowers, or other plants. See South Carolina Code 46-21-665
• seed: as used in this article refers to the true seeds of all field crops, vegetables, flowers, or other plants. See South Carolina Code 46-21-665
• variety: means its original meaning and includes strains of varieties which are sufficiently different from the parent variety to justify special designation. See South Carolina Code 46-21-665