Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 6 > Chapter 11 > Article 9 - Emergency Powers of Fire Districts

• 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.
• 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.
• municipality: shall mean any incorporated city or town in this State. See South Carolina Code 5-29-20
• off-street parking facilities: shall mean motor vehicular parking facilities of all sorts, including parking lots, buildings or ramps. See South Carolina Code 5-29-20
• on-street parking facilities: shall mean any system of parking meters, curb line or other, regulating the parking of motor vehicles on any street within the corporate limits of any municipality, requiring the payment of a charge for the right to make use of any portion of any street set apart for motor vehicular parking. See South Carolina Code 5-29-20
• Refunding Revenue Bond Act: shall mean §§ 6-17-10 through 6-17-320, as the same are now constituted, or as the same shall hereafter be amended. See South Carolina Code 5-29-20
• Revenue Bond Act: shall mean §§ 6-21-10 through 6-21-570, as the same are now constituted, or as the same shall hereafter be amended. See South Carolina Code 5-29-20
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.