Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 5 > Chapter 33 - Ice Plants

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Board: means the State Board of Education. See South Carolina Code 59-32-10
• Boat: means a vessel. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
• Bushel: means one U. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Cast net: means nonbaited circular webbing having a weighted peripheral line which is thrown by hand and retrieved by a central line connected to radiating tuck lines attached to the peripheral line. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Channel net: means any conical-shaped, fixed, or stationary net used for taking shrimp which:
  
  (a) is attached to poles, stakes, anchors, buoys, or other fixed objects; and
  
  (b) has a mesh size of less than two and one-half inches when the mesh is stretched; and is also known as a set net. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Commercial equipment: means :
  
  (a) any trawl, haul seine, gill net, channel net, bull rake, seed fork, grabs, escalator, or dredge; and
  
  (b) any net, seine, trap, pot, tongs, rake, fork, trotline, or other device or appliance when used for taking or attempting to take fish for a commercial purpose. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Commercial purpose: means :
  
  (a) being engaged in buying or selling fish;
  
  (b) taking or attempting to take fish in order to derive income or other consideration;
  
  (c) using commercial equipment; and
  
  (d) otherwise being engaged in the fisheries industry with the intent to derive income. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Comprehensive health education: means health education in a school setting that is planned and carried out with the purpose of maintaining, reinforcing, or enhancing the health, health-related skills, and health attitudes and practices of children and youth that are conducive to their good health and that promote wellness, health maintenance, and disease prevention. See South Carolina Code 59-32-10
• 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.
• Culch: means oyster shell or other substrate which is purposely placed for propagation of oysters through the attachment of oyster larvae. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Department of Natural Resources. See South Carolina Code 48-9-15
• Department: means the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources unless otherwise stated. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Department: means the State Department of Education. See South Carolina Code 59-32-10
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Drop net: means a net mounted to a rigid frame with its diameter or diagonal width being eight feet or less and designed to be fished vertically by hand. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• 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.
• Family life education: means instruction intended to:
  
  (a) develop an understanding of the physical, mental, emotional, social, economic, and psychological aspects of close personal relationships and an understanding of the physiological, psychological, and cultural foundations of human development;
  
  (b) provide instruction that will support the development of responsible personal values and behavior and aid in establishing a strong family life for themselves in the future and emphasize the responsibilities of marriage. See South Carolina Code 59-32-10
• 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.
• 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
• 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}
• 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.
• Herring: means all life stages of the river herrings being blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) and alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus). See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• 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}
• Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
• 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.
• Local school board: means the governing board of public school districts as well as those of other state-supported institutions which provide educational services to students at the elementary and secondary school level. See South Carolina Code 59-32-10
• Mariculture: means controlled cultivation in confinement of marine and estuarine organisms in salt waters. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• molluscan: means a member of the phylum Mollusca. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• 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.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, who claims lawful possession of a vessel or outboard motor by virtue of legal title or equitable interest in it which entitled him to possession. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
• Peeler crab: means a hard crab of the blue crab species (Callinectes sapidus) which has a fully formed soft shell beneath the exterior hard shell and exhibits molt signs in the form of red, pink, or white lines just inside the exterior margin of the rear paddle (swimming) legs. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Person: means an individual, a partnership, a firm, a corporation, an association, or other legal entity. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
• Pregnancy prevention education: means instruction intended to:
  
  (a) stress the importance of abstaining from sexual activity until marriage;
  
  (b) help students develop skills to enable them to resist peer pressure and abstain from sexual activity;
  
  (c) explain methods of contraception and the risks and benefits of each method. See South Carolina Code 59-32-10
• Recreational fishermen: means persons taking or attempting to take saltwater fish for recreation only, and not for commercial purposes. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• 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.
• Reproductive health education: means instruction in human physiology, conception, prenatal care and development, childbirth, and postnatal care, but does not include instruction concerning sexual practices outside marriage or practices unrelated to reproduction except within the context of the risk of disease. See South Carolina Code 59-32-10
• Shad: means American or white shad (Alosa sapidissima) and hickory or skip-jack shad (Alosa mediocris). See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Shellfish: means oysters, clams, mussels, scallops, and all nonmotile molluscan fish having shells. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Shellfish mariculture: means the controlled cultivation of shellfish in confinement from seed size until harvest. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Shellfish seed: means any shellfish that does not exceed one inch in height or maximum dimension. 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
• Sponge crab: means a female blue crab bearing visible eggs. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Take: means to harass intentionally, hunt, capture, gather, harvest, remove, catch, wound, or kill or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, gather, harvest, remove, catch, wound, or kill. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Territorial sea: means that portion of the Atlantic Ocean under the jurisdiction of the State of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trap: is a n enclosed device used for taking fish, constructed to facilitate entry but prohibit or restrict exit of fish and is also called "pot". See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Trawl: means a net, other than a haul seine, towed behind a boat. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Trawler: means a vessel rigged for towing a trawl. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Trawling: means fishing with a trawl or having part of a trawl door in the water. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
• Use: means operate, navigate, or employ. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
• Vessel: means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane regulated by the federal government, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
• Watercraft: means anything used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the water but does not include: a seaplane regulated by the federal government, water skis, aquaplanes, surfboards, windsurfers, tubes, rafts, and similar devices or anything that does not meet construction or operational requirements of the state or federal government for watercraft. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.