Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 61 > Chapter 10 - Alcohol

• Board: means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority's governing board. See South Carolina Code 48-52-810
• Building project: means the design, construction, renovation, operation, and maintenance of any inhabited physical structure and its associated project building site. See South Carolina Code 48-52-810
• 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.
• 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.
• GBI: means the Green Building Initiative. See South Carolina Code 48-52-810
• Globes: means the level of a building's sustainability and energy efficiency performance as determined by GBI's Green Globes Rating System. See South Carolina Code 48-52-810
• 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.
• 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.
• LEED: means the U. See South Carolina Code 48-52-810
• Major facility project: means :
  
  (i) a state-funded new construction building project in which the building to be constructed is larger than ten thousand gross square feet;
  
  (ii) a state-funded renovation project in which the project involves more than fifty percent of the replacement value of the facility or a change in occupancy; or
  
  (iii) a state-funded commercial interior tenant fit-out project that is larger than seven thousand five hundred square feet of leasable area. See South Carolina Code 48-52-810
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Person: includes an individual, a trust, estate, partnership, limited liability company, receiver, association, company, corporation, or any other group. See South Carolina Code 61-2-100
• Renovation project: means a building project involving the modification or adaptive reuse of an existing facility. See South Carolina Code 48-52-810
• USGBC: means the United States Green Building Council. See South Carolina Code 48-52-810